Binding of trans-acting factors to the double-stranded variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) expression site promoter of Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-23

  Pham, Vinh Philip ^a   Rothman, Paul B ^a   Gottesdiener, Keith M ^a,b  

^a Columbia Coll of Phys and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA binding; Expression site promoter; Promoter; Trypanosoma brucei; Variant surface glycoprotein

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA BINDING; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0030774909     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00094-7     Document Type: Article

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