A newly discovered role of telomeres in an ancient organism

Nucleus

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 260-263

  Li, Bibo ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; Gene silencing; Microbial pathogen virulence; Monoallelic expression; RAP1; Telomere position effect; Trypanosoma brucei; Variant surface glycoprotein

Indexed keywords

RAP1 PROTEIN; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 77957671534     PISSN: 19491034     EISSN: 19491042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/nucl.11742     Document Type: Article

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