Genome-wide analysis of 3′-untranslated regions supports the existence of post-transcriptional regulons controlling gene expression in trypanosomes

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Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  De Gaudenzi, Javier G ^a   Carmona, Santiago J ^a   Ag̈uero, Ferńan ^a   Frasch, Alberto C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cis element; Post transcriptional control; RNA regulon; RNA binding protein; Trypanosomes

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HYPEROSMOTIC STRESS; KINETOPLASTIDA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; POST TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULON; REGULON; STRESS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84885101782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.118     Document Type: Article

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