Molecular characterization of the Schistosoma mansoni zinc finger protein SmZF1 as a transcription factor

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Drummond, Marcela G ^a   Calzavara Silva, Carlos E ^a,b   D'Astolfo, Diego S ^c   Cardoso, Fernanda C ^a   Rajão, Matheus A ^a   Mourão, Marina M ^a   Gava, Elisandra ^a   Oliveira, Sérgio C ^a   Macedo, Andréa M ^a   Machado, Carlos R ^a   Pena, Sérgio D J ^a   Kitten, Gregory T ^a   Franco, Glória R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SMZF1; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; HELMINTH PROTEIN; SMZF1 PROTEIN, SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRAIN COS7; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CERCARIA; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REPORTER GENE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMULUM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TREMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WORM; ANIMAL; CELL STRAIN COS1; CERCOPITHECUS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; FEMALE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 73449143459     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000547     Document Type: Article

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