Trypanosoma cruzi TBP shows preference for C/G-rich DNA sequences in vitro

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 346-349

  Cribb, Pamela ^a   Esteban, Luis ^b   Trochine, Andrea ^a   Girardini, Javier ^a   Serra, Esteban ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

SELEX; TATA binding protein; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

TATA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTIG MAPPING; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCATION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GC RICH SEQUENCE; TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 75949092988     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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