Leishmania infantum possesses a complex family of histone H2A genes: Structural characterization and analysis of expression

Parasitology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 95-105

  Soto, M ^a   Quijada, L ^a   Larreta, R ^a   Iborra, S ^a   Alonso, C ^a   Requena, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allelic polymorphism; Differential gene expression; Leishmania infantum; Multi gene family; Post transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE H2A; MESSENGER RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOME; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HISTONES; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0041353422     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182003003445     Document Type: Article

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