Functional analysis of sequence motifs involved in the polyadenylation of Trichomonas vaginalis mRNAs

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 725-734

  Fuentes, Vanessa ^a   Barrera, Guadalupe ^a   Sánchez, Joaquín ^b   Hernández, Roberto ^a   López Villaseñor, Imelda ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL RNA; SPACER DNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYADENYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; REPORTER GENE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA, INTERGENIC; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; PLASMIDS; POLYADENYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PROTOZOAN; TRANSFECTION; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EUKARYOTA; METAZOA; PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 84861654101     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.05322-11     Document Type: Article

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