A microRNA derived from an apparent canonical biogenesis pathway regulates variant surface protein gene expression in Giardia lamblia

RNA

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2152-2164

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Giardia; MicroRNA; MicroRNA biogenesis; Variant surface protein

Indexed keywords

DICER; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 2; MICRORNA 4; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BIOINFORMATICS; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE;

ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEASE III; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 81755161586     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.028118.111     Document Type: Article

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