A novel Toxoplasma gondii nuclear factor TgNF3 is a dynamic chromatin-associated component, modulator of nucleolar architecture and parasite virulence

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Olguin Lamas, Alejandro ^a,b   Madec, Edwige ^b   Hovasse, Agnes ^c   Werkmeister, Elisabeth ^a   Callebaut, Isabelle ^d   Slomianny, Christian ^e   Delhaye, Stephane ^a,b   Mouveaux, Thomas ^a,b   Schaeffer Reiss, Christine ^c   van Dorsselaer, Alain ^c   Tomavo, Stanislas ^a,b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; DNA 18S; FK 506 BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; NUCLEAR FACTOR; NUCLEAR FACTOR TGNF3; NUCLEOPLASMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRADYZOITE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PROTEOMICS; RNA TRANSLATION; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAINING; TOXOPLASMA;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HISTONES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEOMICS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; STAINING AND LABELING; TACROLIMUS BINDING PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 79953281022     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001328     Document Type: Article

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