Epigenetic mechanisms regulate stage differentiation in the minimized protozoan Giardia lamblia

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-67

  Sonda, Sabrina ^a   Morf, Laura ^a   Bottova, Iveta ^a   Baetschmann, Hansruedi ^b   Rehrauer, Hubert ^b   Caflisch, Amedeo ^a   Hakimi, Mohamed Ali ^c   Hehl, Adrian B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS CENTER ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FR 235222; HISTONE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; CYCLOPEPTIDE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPIGENETICS; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; LIFE CYCLE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HISTONES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 77950283716     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07062.x     Document Type: Article

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