Gene regulation in Giardia lambia involves a putative microRNA derived from a small nucleolar RNA

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Li, Wei ^a   Saraiya, Ashesh A ^a   Wang, Ching C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DICER; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 5; RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LUCIFERASE; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBONUCLEASE III; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; NONHUMAN; RNA ANALYSIS; TRANSLATION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPORTER GENE; RNA PROCESSING;

ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LUCIFERASES; MICRORNAS; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, SMALL NUCLEOLAR;

EID: 80055093663     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001338     Document Type: Article

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