Histone H3 and H3.3 variants in the protozoan pathogens Plasmodium falciparum and Toxoplasma gondii

DNA Sequence - Journal of DNA Sequencing and Mapping

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 227-231

  Sullivan Jr , William J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexan; Chromatin; Nucleosome; Parasite; Transcription

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; APICIDIN; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H3.3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN VARIANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; HISTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOXOPLASMA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

APICOMPLEXA; EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0038445820     PISSN: 10425179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1042517031000089496     Document Type: Article

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