A novel ISWI is involved in VSG expression site downregulation in African trypanosomes

EMBO Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2400-2410

  Hughes, Katie ^a   Wand, Matthew ^a   Foulston, Lucy ^a   Young, Rosanna ^a   Harley, Kate ^a   Terry, Stephen ^a   Ersfeld, Klaus ^b   Rudenko, Gloria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; ISWI; Monoallelic expression; Regulated domains; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN ISWI; PROTEIN SWI; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC SCREENING; INSECT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 34247572533     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601678     Document Type: Article

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