Telomeric expression sites are highly conserved in Trypanosoma brucei

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Hertz Fowler, Christiane ^a   Figueiredo, Luisa M ^b   Quail, Michael A ^a   Becker, Marion ^c   Jackson, Andrew ^a   Bason, Nathalie ^a   Brooks, Karen ^a   Churcher, Carol ^a   Fahkro, Samah ^a   Goodhead, Ian ^a,g   Heath, Paul ^a   Kartvelishvili, Magdalena ^b   Mungall, Karen ^a   Harris, David ^a   Hauser, Heidi ^a   Sanders, Mandy ^a   Saunders, David ^a   Seeger, Kathy ^a   Sharp, Sarah ^c   Taylor, Jesse E ^d   Walker, Danielle ^a   White, Brian ^a   Young, Rosanna ^e   Cross, George A M ^b   Rudenko, Gloria ^e   Barry, J David ^f   Louis, Edward J ^c   Berriman, Matthew ^a   more..

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOODSTREAM EXPRESSION SITE; EXPRESSION SITE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE; TELOMERE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

EUKARYOTA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITES; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 55849146248     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003527     Document Type: Article

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