Factors from Trypanosoma cruzi interacting with AP-1 sequences

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 516-521

  Espinosa, Joaquín ^a   Martinetto, Horacio ^a   Portal, Daniel ^a   D'Angelo, Maximiliano ^a   Torres, Héctor N ^a   Flawiá, Mirtha M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

c Fos; c Jun; DNA binding proteins; Gel shift analysis; Oxidative stress; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CROSS LINKING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROBE; SDS POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0033198433     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1999.tb06069.x     Document Type: Article

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