The post-transcriptional trans-acting regulator, TbZFP3, co-ordinates transmission-stage enriched mRNAs in Trypanosoma brucei

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2869-2883

  Walrad, Pegine B ^a   Capewell, Paul ^a   Fenn, Katelyn ^a   Matthews, Keith R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZFP3 PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; RNA STABILITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 84860189120     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr1106     Document Type: Article

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