Differences in nucleosome organization over episomally located plasmids coincides with aberrant promoter activity in P. falciparum

Parasitology International

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-61

  Horrocks, P ^a   Lanzer, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Plasmodium falciparum; Transfection

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPHORIN; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; EPISOME; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PLASMID; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TROPHOZOITE;

EID: 0033103133     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5769(99)00002-1     Document Type: Article

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