Telomere length regulation and transcriptional silencing in KU80-deficient Trypanosoma brucei

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 6575-6584

  Janzen, Christian J ^a   Lander, Fabian ^a   Dreesen, Oliver ^a   Cross, George A M ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; TELOMERASE; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INSECT; LIFE CYCLE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPORTER GENE; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE SILENCING; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

INSECTA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 13544275919     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh991     Document Type: Article

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