Identification and Genome-Wide Prediction of DNA Binding Specificities for the ApiAP2 family of regulators from the malaria parasite

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Campbell, Tracey L ^a   de Silva, Erandi K ^a   Olszewski, Kellen L ^a   Elemento, Olivier ^b   Llinás, Manuel ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APICOMPLEXAN AP2; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACTIVATOR PROTEIN 2 BINDING ELEMENT; ACTIVATOR PROTEIN-2 BINDING ELEMENT; DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; MALARIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGY; CHROMOSOME MAP; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FORECASTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

APICOMPLEXA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CULICIDAE; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FORECASTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALARIA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 78449231932     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001165     Document Type: Article

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