Potential epigenetic regulatory proteins localise to distinct nuclear sub-compartments in Plasmodium falciparum

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-121

  Volz, Jennifer ^a   Carvalho, Teresa G ^a   Ralph, Stuart A ^b   Gilson, Paul ^a,c   Thompson, Jenny ^a   Tonkin, Christopher J ^a   Langer, Christine ^a   Crabb, Brendan S ^a,c   Cowman, Alan F ^a  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

CHROMO domain; Epigenetic regulators; Malaria; Nucleus; PHD finger domain; Plasmodium; SET domain

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE; MALARIA; PARASITE; PROTEIN; PROTIST; VIRULENCE;

APICOMPLEXAN LIFE CYCLE STAGE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 72049091191     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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