A histone methyltransferase modulates antigenic variation in African trypanosomes

PLoS Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1539-1548

  Figueiredo, Luisa M ^a   Janzen, Christian J ^b   Cross, George A M ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; EPIGENETICS; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE SILENCING; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PROTEIN METHYLTRANSFERASES; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 48349107004     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060161     Document Type: Article

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