5′ sequence- and chromatin modification-dependent gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum erythrocytic stage

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-51

  Komaki Yasuda, Kanako ^a,b   Okuwaki, Mitsuru ^b,c   Kano, Shigeyuki ^a   Nagata, Kyosuke ^c   Kawazu, Shin ichiro ^a,b,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromatin modification; Intraerythrocytic cell cycle; Peroxiredoxin; Plasmodium; Transcription factor; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PEROXIREDOXIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SCHIZONT; TROPHOZOITE; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL; ENHANCER REGION; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY;

EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; PEROXIREDOXINS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 52049108023     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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