Transcriptional regulation of an iron-inducible gene by differential and alternate promoter entries of multiple Myb proteins in the protozoan parasite Trichomonas vaginalis

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 362-372

  Hsu, Hong Ming ^a,b   Ong, Shiou Jeng ^b   Lee, Ming Chun ^b,c   Tai, Jung Hsiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c BECKMAN COULTER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AP65 1 PROTEIN, TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; AP65-1 PROTEIN, TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; IRON; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ONCOGENE PROTEINS V-MYB; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 61949251703     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00317-08     Document Type: Article

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