A new strategy of RNA interference that targets heterologous sequences reveals CITFA1 as an essential component of class I transcription factor a in Trypanosoma brucei

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 785-795

  Park, Sung Hee ^a   Nguyen, Bao N ^a   Kirkham, Justin K ^a   Nguyen, Tu N ^a   Günzl, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 84901456604     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00014-14     Document Type: Article

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