Differentiation of Trypanosoma brucei may be stage non-specific and does not require progression of cell cycle

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 251-265

  Li, Yan ^a   Li, Ziyin ^a   Wang, Ching C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACONITIC ACID; CITRIC ACID; PROTEASOME; PROTEASOME 26S; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, PROTOZOAN; TEMPERATURE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0038046754     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03575.x     Document Type: Article

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