Two pathways of homologous recombination in Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1687-1700

  Conway, Colin ^a   Proudfoot, Chris ^a   Burton, Peter ^a   Barry, J David ^a   McCulloch, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RAD51 PROTEIN; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0036034858     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03122.x     Document Type: Article

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