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Transcription of the Trypanosoma brucei spliced leader RNA gene is dependent only on the presence of upstream regulatory elements.
Molecular and biochemical parasitology - 1 Mar 1997
Günzl A, Ullu E, Dörner M, Fragoso S P, Hoffmann K F, Milner J D, Morita Y, Nguu E K, Vanacova S, Wünsch S, Dare A O, Kwon H, Tschudi C
Abstract excerpt
The spliced leader (SL) RNA plays a key role in mRNA maturation in trypanosomatid protozoa by providing the SL sequence, which is joined to the 5' end of every mRNA. As a first step towards a better understanding of the biogenesis and function of the SL RNA, we expressed a tagged SL RNA gene in a cell-free system of procyclic Trypanosoma brucei cells. Transcription initiates at + 1 can be detected as early as 1...
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