Control mechanisms of the H2A genes expression in Trypanosoma cruzi

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Marañón, Concepción ^a   Puerta, Concepción ^a,c   Alonso, Carlos ^b   López, Manuel C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PARASITOLOGÍA Y BIOMEDICINA LÓPEZ NEYRA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

DNA replication; H2A; Insertion sequence; T. cruzi; Transcription

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2A;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0032077297     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00003-6     Document Type: Article

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