Biochemical characterization of Trypanosoma brucei RNA polymerase II

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-210

  Das, Anish ^a   Li, Hong ^a   Liu, Tong ^a   Bellofatto, Vivian ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Proteomics; RNA polymerase II; Transcription; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMANITIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE II; ZINC;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; EUKARYOTE; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMANITINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA, SPLICED LEADER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIB; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EUKARYOTA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 33750607428     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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