A major role for the Plasmodium falciparum ApiAP2 protein PfSIP2 in chromosome end biology

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Flueck, Christian ^a   Bartfai, Richard ^b   Niederwieser, Igor ^a   Witmer, Kathrin ^a   Alako, Blaise T F ^b   Moes, Suzette ^c   Bozdech, Zbynek ^d   Jenoe, Paul ^c   Stunnenberg, Hendrik G ^b   Voss, Till S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEIN 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SPE2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HETEROCHROMATIN SPECIFIC NONHISTONE CHROMOSOMAL PROTEIN HP 1; HETEROCHROMATIN-SPECIFIC NONHISTONE CHROMOSOMAL PROTEIN HP-1; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOME; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOMES; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HETEROCHROMATIN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77649264247     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000784     Document Type: Article

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