Compared genomics of the strand switch region of Leishmania chromosome 1 reveal a novel genus-specific gene and conserved structural features and sequence motifs

BMC Genomics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Puechberty, Jacques ^a,b   Blaineau, Christine ^a   Meghamla, Sabrina ^a   Crobu, Lucien ^a   Pagès, Michel ^a   Bastien, Patrick ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BINDING PROTEIN; EXOPOLYPHOSPHATASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; POLYADENYLIC ACID EXPORT PROTEIN; POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME 1; COMPARATIVE GENE MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LEISHMANIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SAUROLEISHMANIA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOMICS; LEISHMANIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LIZARD LEISHMANIA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 33847617560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-8-57     Document Type: Article

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