The emerging role of RNA-binding proteins in the life cycle of Trypanosoma brucei

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 482-489

  Kolev, Nikolay G ^a   Ullu, Elisabetta ^b   Tschudi, Christian ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLOSSINIDAE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA METABOLISM; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 84896400806     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12268     Document Type: Review

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