Toxoplasma gondii lysine acetyltransferase GCN5-a functions in the cellular response to alkaline stress and expression of cyst genes

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Naguleswaran, Arunasalam ^a   Elias, Eliana V ^a   McClintick, Jeanette ^a   Edenberg, Howard J ^a   Sullivan Jr , William J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; LYSINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LYSINE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BRADYZOITE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; CYST; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PH; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA;

EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; CYSTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LYSINE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 78651258212     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001232     Document Type: Article

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