Localization of the modified base J in telomeric VSG gene expression sites of Trypanosoma brucei

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 3232-3241

  Van Leeuwen, Fred ^a   Wijsman, Eric R ^b   Kieft, Rudo ^a   Van Der Marel, Gijs A ^b   Van Boom, Jacques H ^b   Borst, Piet ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; DNA modification; Sequence repeats; Silencing; VSG

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0030722989     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.23.3232     Document Type: Article

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