Plasmodium falciparum heterochromatin protein 1 binds to tri-methylated histone 3 lysine 9 and is linked to mutually exclusive expression of var genes

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2596-2606

  Pérez Toledo, Karla ^a   Rojas Meza, Ana Paola ^a,b   Mancio Silva, Liliana ^b   Hernández Cuevas, Nora Adriana ^a   Delgadillo, Dulce Maria ^a   Vargas, Miguel ^a   Martínez Calvillo, Santiago ^c   Scherf, Artur ^b   Hernandez Rivas, Rosaura ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; HISTONE H3; LYSINE; PROTEIN VAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; ORTHOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONES; LYSINE; METHYLATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TELOMERE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 65849208894     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp115     Document Type: Article

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