The transcription of bradyzoite genes in Toxoplasma gondii is controlled by autonomous promoter elements

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1502-1518

  Behnke, Michael S ^a   Radke, Josh B ^a   Smith, Aaron T ^b   Sullivan Jr , William J ^b   White, Michael W ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENOLASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HISTONE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ACETYLATION; APICOMPLEXAN LIFE CYCLE STAGE; ARTICLE; BRADYZOITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA FLANKING REGION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, REPORTER; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HISTONES; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEOSIDE-TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE DELETION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 44249087881     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06249.x     Document Type: Article

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