Evidence of tRNA cleavage in apicomplexan parasites: Half-tRNAs as new potential regulatory molecules of Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium berghei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 99-108

  Galizi, Roberto ^a   Spano, Furio ^b   Giubilei, Maria Angela ^a   Capuccini, Barbara ^a   Magini, Alessandro ^a   Urbanelli, Lorena ^a   Ogawa, Tetsuhiro ^c   Dubey, Jitender P ^d   Spaccapelo, Roberta ^a   Emiliani, Carla ^a   Di Cristina, Manlio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Half tRNAs; Plasmodium berghei; Stress stimuli; Toxoplasma gondii; tRNA cleavage

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HALF TRANSFER RNA; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; BRADYZOITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIATION; FIBROBLAST; GROWTH RATE; HEAT SHOCK; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE; SPOROZOITE; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VERO CELL;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYDROLYSIS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, TRANSFER; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALIA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; RODENTIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84878112453     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: 18729428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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