The complete set of Toxoplasma gondii ribosomal protein genes contains two conserved promoter elements

Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-31

  Van Poppel, N F J ^a   Welagen, J ^a   Vermeulen, A N ^a   Schaap, D ^a  

^a INTERVET INTERNATIONAL BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Promoter; Ribosome biosynthesis; Transcriptional regulation; TRP element

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

COCCIDIA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33745085215     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006009954     Document Type: Article

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