Sense and antisense transcripts in the histone H1 (HIS-1) locus of Leishmania major

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 965-975

  Belli, Sabina I ^a,d   Monnerat, Séverine ^a   Schaff, Cédric ^a   Masina, Slavica ^a   Noll, Tanja ^a   Myler, Peter J ^b,c   Stuart, Kenneth ^b,c   Fasel, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antisense transcription; Histone H1; Leishmania

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H1; KANAMYCIN KINASE;

PARASITE;

ADENYLATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0142029112     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(03)00126-7     Document Type: Article

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