Control of variant surface glycoprotein gene-expression sites in Trypanosoma brucei

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 4846-4855

  Chaves, Inês ^a   Rudenko, Gloria ^a,b   Dirks Mulder, Anita ^a   Cross, Mike ^a   Borst, Piet ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allelic exclusion; Antigenic variation; Expression site switching; Mono allelic expression; Telomeric silencing

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CINNAMATES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG RESISTANCE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC MARKERS; HYGROMYCIN B; TELOMERE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0033199568     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.17.4846     Document Type: Article

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