Epigenetics and transcriptional control in African trypanosomes

Essays in Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue , 2010, Pages 201-219

  Rudenko, Gloria ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; RNA POLYMERASE I; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 79952114536     PISSN: 00711365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BSE0480201     Document Type: Article

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