Are there epigenetic controls in trypanosoma cruzi

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1178, Issue , 2009, Pages 285-290

  Elias, Maria Carolina ^a   Faria, Marcella ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; RNAi; Trypanosomes

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 70350459218     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05008.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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