The Crithidia fasciculata KAP1 gene encodes a highly basic protein associated with kinetoplast DNA

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-52

  Hines, Jane C ^a   Ray, Dan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Histone like; Kinetoplast; Minicircle; Mitochondrial; Trypanosome

Indexed keywords

KINETOPLAST DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA;

EID: 0032128345     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00048-6     Document Type: Article

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