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ArticleParasitology research2006

The putative telomerase reverse transcriptase component of Leishmania amazonensis: gene cloning and characterization.

Miriam A Giardini, Cristina B B Lira, Fábio F Conte, Luciana R Camillo, Jair L de Siqueira Neto, Carlos H I Ramos, Maria Isabel N Cano

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Article in Parasitology research, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Miriam A GiardiniDepartamento de Patologia Clínica, Núcleo de Medicina e Cirurgia Experimental, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6109, Campinas, SP, CEP 13083-970, Brazil.
Cristina B B Lira
Fábio F Conte
Luciana R Camillo
Jair L de Siqueira Neto
Carlos H I Ramos
Maria Isabel N Cano
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) · BRBrazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Leishmania amazonensis telomerase gene was cloned by a polymerase chain reaction-based strategy using primers designed from a Leishmania major sequence that shared similarities with conserved telomerase motifs. The genes from three other species were cloned for comparative purposes. A ClustalW multiple-sequence alignment demonstrated that the Leishmania telomerases show greater homology with each other than with the proteins of other kinetoplastids and eukaryotes. Characterization experiments indicated that the putative Leishmania telomerase gene was probably in single copy and located in the largest chromosomes. A single messenger ribonucleic acid transcript was found in promastigotes. Phylogenetic analysis suggested that Leishmania telomerase might represent a liaison between the oldest and the newest branches of telomerases.

Indexed as

Cloning, MolecularAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsChromosome MappingChromosomesDNA PrimersDNA, ProtozoanEvolution, MolecularLeishmania majorLeishmania mexicanaMolecular Sequence DataPhylogenyPolymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerSequence AlignmentSequence Analysis, DNADNA PrimersDNA, ProtozoanRNA, MessengerTelomerase

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PMID16416120
OpenAlexW2030019046

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