Position-dependent and promoter-specific regulation of gene expression in Trypanosoma brucei

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 7422-7431

  Horn, David ^a,b   Cross, George A M ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE REPRESSION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MAMMALS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0031464010     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.24.7422     Document Type: Article

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