Identification of PDZ5, a candidate universal minicircle sequence binding protein of Trypanosoma cruzi

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 853-858

  Coelho, Elielton R ^a   Ürményi, Turan P ^a   Da Silveira, José Franco ^b   Rondinelli, Edson ^a   Silva, Rosane ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crithidia fasciculata universal minicircle sequence binding protein; Electrophoretic mobility shift assay; Gene cloning; Kinetoplast DNA replication; Trypanosoma cruzi; Zinc finger protein

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN PDZ5; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

PARASITOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME BAND; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; GENE LOCATION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0037629303     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(03)00107-3     Document Type: Article

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