PARP gene expression: control at many levels

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1998, Pages

  Hotz, Hans Rudolf ^a   Biebinger, Susanne ^a   Flaspohler, John ^a   Clayton, Christine ^a  

^a P   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Procyclic acidic repetitive protein; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

COAT PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYCYCLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0032029257     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00196-5     Document Type: Article

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