Activity of a trypanosome metacyclic variant surface glycoprotein gene promoter is dependent upon life cycle stage and chromosomal context

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1137-1146

  Graham, Sheila V ^a   Wymer, Ben ^a   Barry, J David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0031935819     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.3.1137     Document Type: Article

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