Involvement of multiple DNA elements in iron-inducible transcription of the ap65-1 gene in the protozoan parasite Trichomonas vaginalis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1721-1730

  Ong, Shiou Jeng ^a   Huang, Shen Chi ^a   Liu, Hsing Wei ^b   Tai, Jung Hsiang ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

AP65 1 GENE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH; IRON RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IRON; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 3042687492     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04088.x     Document Type: Article

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