The transcriptional response to encystation stimuli in Giardia lamblia is restricted to a small set of genes

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1566-1576

  Morf, Laura ^a   Spycher, Cornelia ^a   Rehrauer, Hubert ^b   Fournier, Catharine Aquino ^b   Morrison, Hilary G ^c   Hehl, Adrian B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS CENTER ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CWP1 PROTEIN, GIARDIA LAMBLIA; MYB2 PROTEIN, GIARDIA LAMBLIA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 77957816717     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00100-10     Document Type: Article

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