Regulation of vsg expression site transcription and switching in Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1998, Pages

  Cross, George A M ^a   Wirtz, L Elizabeth ^a   Navarro, Miguel ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; Chromatin structure; Gene regulation; T7 polymerase; Transcription; Trypanosoma brucei; Variant surface glycoprotein

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0032029361     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00186-2     Document Type: Article

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