NLP is a novel transcription regulator involved in VSG expression site control in Trypanosoma brucei

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2018-2031

  Narayanan, Mani Shankar ^a,b   Kushwaha, Manish ^a,b   Ersfeld, Klaus ^c   Fullbrook, Alexander ^a   Stanne, Tara M ^a   Rudenko, Gloria ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NUCLEOPLASMIN LIKE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; VSG GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEOPLASMINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 79953693898     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq950     Document Type: Article

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