MYST family histone acetyltransferases in the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2057-2065

  Smith, Aaron T ^a   Tucker Samaras, Samantha D ^b,d   Fairlamb, Alan H ^b   Sullivan Jr , William J ^a,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; LYSINE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOME; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LYSINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOXOPLASMA; ZINC FINGERS;

APICOMPLEXA; EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 29144444618     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.4.12.2057-2065.2005     Document Type: Article

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