Sustained translational repression of lactate dehydrogenase 1 in Toxoplasma gondii bradyzoites is conferred by a small regulatory RNA hairpin

FEBS Journal

Volumn 281, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 5077-5091

  Holmes, Michael ^a   Itaas, Vaunell ^a   Ananvoranich, Sirinart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

5 UTR; lactate dehydrogenase; RNA hairpin; Toxoplasma gondii; translational repression

Indexed keywords

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ISOENZYME; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE 1; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CELL CULTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME REPRESSION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INVERTED REPEAT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME REPRESSION; HUMANS; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; ISOENZYMES; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 84910142107     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/febs.13048     Document Type: Article

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