A chromatin-associated protein is encoded in a genomic region highly conserved in the Plasmodium genus

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-202

  Birago, Cecilia ^a   Pace, Tomasino ^a   Barca, Stefano ^a   Picci, Leonardo ^a   Ponzi, Marta ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Nucleosome assembly proteins; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NUCLEAR FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

EID: 0030272379     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02680-1     Document Type: Article

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