Epigenetic silencing of gene expression in Entamoeba histolytica

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 226-233

  Mirelman, David ^a   Anbar, Michael ^a   Nuchamowitz, Yael ^a   Bracha, Rivka ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amebapore; Epigenetic mechanism; Histone modification; Short interspersed element (SINE); Transcriptional gene silencing (TGS)

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENE PRODUCT; HISTONE H3; PROTEIN AMEBAPORE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DEMETHYLATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOME; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RETROPOSON; REVIEW; RNA EXTRACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT INTERSPERSED REPEAT; TROPHOZOITE;

EID: 29344465576     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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