Transcription of Leishmania major Friedlin chromosome 1 initiates in both directions within a single region

Molecular Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1291-1299

  Martínez Calvillo, Santiago ^a,b   Yan, Shaofeng ^a,b,c   Nguyen, Dan ^a   Fox, Mark ^a,d   Stuart, Kenneth ^a,b   Myler, Peter J ^a,b  

^a SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1; DNA STRAND; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EUKARYOTA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

EID: 0038730932     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(03)00143-6     Document Type: Article

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