Encystation-specific regulation of the cyst wall protein 2 gene in Giardia lamblia by multiple cis-acting elements

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1005-1012

  Davis Hayman, Sara R ^a   Hayman, J Russell ^b   Nash, Theodore E ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^c MSC 0425 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental regulation; Encystation; Giardia lamblia; Negative regulation; Protozoa; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; CYST WALL PROTEIN 1; CYST WALL PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRESSOR GENE; TROPHOZOITE;

EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; PROTOZOA; VECTORS;

EID: 0142061049     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(03)00177-2     Document Type: Article

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