Regulation of antigen gene expression in Trypanosoma brucei

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 517-520

  Pays, Etienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; MESSENGER RNA; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROCYCLIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA REPAIR; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; TELOMERE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 26844506268     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2005.08.016     Document Type: Review

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