Life-Cycle and Growth-Phase-Dependent Regulation of the Ubiquitin Genes of Trypanosoma cruzi

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 593-601

  Manning Cela, Rebeca ^a,b   Jaishankar, Sobha ^c,d   Swindle, John ^b,d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Parasite; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; POLYUBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN;

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPIMASTIGOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH CURVE; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REPORTER GENE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES; HUMANS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UBIQUITIN;

EID: 33646887593     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2005.11.013     Document Type: Article

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