The fragmented mitochondrial ribosomal RNAs of plasmodium falciparum

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Feagin, Jean E ^a,d   Harrell, Maria Isabel ^a,e   Lee, Jung C ^b,f   Coe, Kevin J ^a,g   Sands, Bryan H ^a,h   Cannone, Jamie J ^b   Tami, Germaine ^a,i   Schnare, Murray N ^c   Gutell, Robin R ^b  

^a SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^g JOHNSON AND JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^h Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

ⁱ DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM BILLBRAYI; PLASMODIUM BILLCOLLINSI; PLASMODIUM CYNOMOLGI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FIELDI; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM REICHENOWI; PLASMODIUM SIMIOVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME; RNA STRUCTURE; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RIBOSOMES; RNA; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 84862654563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038320     Document Type: Article

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