RNA-seq analysis of small RNPs in Trypanosoma brucei reveals a rich repertoire of non-coding RNAs

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1282-1298

  Michaeli, Shulamit ^a   Doniger, Tirza ^a   Gupta, Sachin Kumar ^a   Wurtzel, Omri ^a,b   Romano, Mali ^a   Visnovezky, Damian ^a   Sorek, Rotem ^a   Unger, Ron ^a   Ullu, Elisabetta ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; GENE CONTROL; GENOME ANALYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

CELLS, CULTURED; GENE LIBRARY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, SMALL NUCLEOLAR; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 84863169615     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr786     Document Type: Article

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