A novel type of single-stranded nucleic acid binding protein recognizing a highly frequent motif in the intergenic regions of Trypanosoma cruzi

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 309, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 183-188

  Duhagon, María Ana ^a   Dallagiovanna, Bruno ^a   Ciganda, Martín ^a   Ruyechan, William ^b   Williams, Noreen ^b   Garat, Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinucleotide repeats; DNA protein interactions; Gene expression; Poly dT dG ; Single stranded DNA binding proteins; Trypanosomatids

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; LEUCINE; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SERINE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; SPACER DNA;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0042736186     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)01561-4     Document Type: Article

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