Molecular cloning and characterization of SL3: A stem cell-specific SL RNA from the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea

Gene

Volumn 533, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 156-167

  Rossi, Alessandro ^a   Ross, Eric J ^a   Jack, Antonia ^b   Sánchez Alvarado, Alejandro ^a,c  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MPI of Biochemistry   (Germany)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Planarians; Regeneration; SL RNA; Stem cells; Trans splicing

Indexed keywords

SL1 PROTEIN; SL2 PROTEIN; SL3 PROTEIN; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; SPLICED LEADER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLATYHELMINTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCHMIDTEA MEDITERRANEA; STEM CELL; TRANS SPLICING; TURBELLARIA;

0.15M NACL/0.015M NA(3)·CITRATE PH7.6; 2,2,7-TRIMETHYLGUANOSINE; 4′,6-DIAMIDINO-2-PHENYLINDOLE; 5-BROMO-4-CHLORO-3-INDOLYL PHOSPHATE; 7-METHYLGUANOSINE; A; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ATP; B; BAC; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BASE PAIR(S); BCIP; BP; BRAIN; C; CB; CDNA; CHROMATOID BODIES; CLONOGENIC NEOBLAST; CNEOBLAST; CYTIDINE; D; DAPI; DEOXYRIBO; DIG; DIGOXIGENIN; DINITROPHENOL; DNA COMPLEMENTARY TO RNA; DNP; EST; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FISH; FITC; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; G; GUANOSINE; GUT; IN VITRO TRANSCRIBED STANDARD; IRR; IRRADIATION; KB; KILOBASE(S) OR 1000BP; MESSENGER RNA; MMG; MRNA; NBT; NC; NERVE CHORDS; NITRO BLUE TETRAZOLIUM; NT; NUCLEOTIDE(S); OCT; OPTIMAL CUTTING TEMPERATURE COMPOUND; P; PBS; PCR; PHARYNX; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; PHOTORECEPTORS; PLANARIANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PR; PURINE; R; RACE; RAPID AMPLIFICATION OF CDNA ENDS; REGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE-PCR; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOMAL RNA; RNP; RNTP; RRNA; RT-PCR; S; SCHMIDTEA MEDITERRANEA PIWI-LIKE PROTEIN; SDMA; SDS; SL; SL RNA; SL RNP; SM; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; SMEDWI-1; SMITH'S ANTIGEN; SNRNA; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SPLICED LEADER; SPLICED LEADER RNA; SPLICED LEADER RNA RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SSC; STEM CELLS; SYMMETRICAL DIMETHYLARGININE; T; THYMIDINE; TMG; TRANS-SPLICING; U; UNTRANSLATED REGION(S); URIDINE; UTR; WILD TYPE; WT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; PLATYHELMINTHS; REGENERATION; RNA; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STEM CELLS;

EUKARYOTA; METAZOA; NEMATODA; PLANARIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHMIDTEA MEDITERRANEA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 84887247973     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.09.101     Document Type: Article

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