Comparative transcriptome analysis of small noncoding RNAs in different stages of Trypanosoma brucei

RNA

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 863-875

  Zheng, Ling Ling ^a   Wen, Yan Zi ^b   Yang, Jian Hua ^a   Liao, Jian You ^a   Shao, Peng ^a   Xu, Hui ^a   Zhou, Hui ^a   Wen, Jun Zhi ^a   Lun, Zhao Rong ^a,b,c   Ayala, Francisco J ^d   Qu, Liang Hu ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative transcriptome; High throughput data analysis; Small noncoding RNA; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

COMPARATIVE TRANSCRIPTOME; HIGH-THROUGHPUT DATA ANALYSIS; SMALL NONCODING RNA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; RNA, TRANSFER; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 84879303464     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.035683.112     Document Type: Article

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