Development-dependent scavenging of nucleic acids in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus

RNA Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Jöchl, Christoph ^a   Loh, Edmund ^b   Ploner, Andreas ^a   Haas, Hubertus ^a   Hüttenhofer, Alexander ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fungus; Nucleic acid; Scavenging; siRNA; Vegetative growth

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN ODCA; PROTEIN PYRG; RIBOSOME RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL WALL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GENE FUNCTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMUS AQUATICUS;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 85011936075     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.6.2.7717     Document Type: Review

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