Nuclear gene transcription and chromatin in Trypanosoma brucei

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1157-1165

  Horn, David ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Transcription; Trypanosoma brucei; VSG

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; HISTONE; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

GENE;

ACETYLATION; ALLELE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA TEMPLATE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0034892860     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(01)00264-8     Document Type: Review

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