Expression of P. falciparum var genes involves exchange of the histone variant H2A.Z at the promoter

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Petter, Michaela ^a   Lee, Chin Chin ^a   Byrne, Timothy J ^a   Boysen, Katja E ^a,d   Volz, Jennifer ^b   Ralph, Stuart A ^c   Cowman, Alan F ^a,b   Brown, Graham V ^a   Duffy, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2AZ; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEIN 2; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEIN 2A; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEIN 2B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; HISTONE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; EUCHROMATIN; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE MODIFICATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; VAR GENE; YEAST; CELL CULTURE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EPIGENOMICS; EUCHROMATIN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC VARIATION; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HISTONES; HUMANS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; NUCLEOSOMES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 79952229544     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001292     Document Type: Article

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