Protein interactions within the TcZFP zinc finger family members of Trypanosoma cruzi: Implications for their functions

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 333, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1017-1025

  Caro, Florence ^a   Bercovich, Natalia ^a   Atorrasagasti, Catalina ^a   Levin, Mariano J ^a   Vázquez, Martín P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

CCCH zinc finger proteins; Chagas disease; Protein interactions; WW domains

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 1A; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 1B; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 2A; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 2B;

ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ZINC FINGERS;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 20744449166     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.06.007     Document Type: Article

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