Differential RNA elongation controls the variant surface glycoprotein gene expression sites of Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 328-340

  Vanhamme, Luc ^a   Poelvoorde, Philippe ^a   Pays, Annette ^a   Tebabi, Patricia ^a   Van Xong, Hoang ^b   Pays, Etienne ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; NUCLEAR RNA; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA STRUCTURE; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0034106940     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01844.x     Document Type: Article

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