Identification and characterisation of a regulatory region in the Toxoplasma gondii hsp70 genomic locus

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 333-346

  Ma, Yan Fen ^a   Zhang, YiWei ^a   Kim, Kami ^a   Weiss, Louis M ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Differentiation; Gene regulation; Heat shock element; Heat shock response; hsp70; Toxoplasma gondii; Transcription factors; Transfection

Indexed keywords

BAG 1 PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 30; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; OLIGOMER; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

PATHOGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PROMOTER REGION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TOXOPLASMA; TRANSFECTION;

APICOMPLEXA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 1542285460     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2003.11.020     Document Type: Article

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