Genome-wide identification and functional annotation of Plasmodium falciparum long noncoding RNAs from RNA-seq data

Parasitology Research

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1269-1281

  Liao, Qi ^a   Shen, Jia ^b,f   Liu, Jianfa ^a   Sun, Xi ^b,f   Zhao, Guoguang ^c   Chang, Yanzi ^e   Xu, Leiting ^a   Li, Xuerong ^b,f   Zhao, Ya ^d   Zheng, Huanqin ^b,f   Zhao, Yi ^c   Wu, Zhongdao ^b  

^a NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Clinical Laboratory   (China)

^f SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CELL FUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA METABOLISM; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS;

MUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RNA, LONG NONCODING; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 84897023778     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-3765-4     Document Type: Article

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