Nuclear architecture, genome and chromatin organisation in Trypanosoma brucei

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 626-636

  Ersfeld, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosomes; Genome; Nucleus; Sleeping sickness

Indexed keywords

EXTRACHROMOSOMAL DNA;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENOME; KARYOTYPE; MINICHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX; NUCLEOLUS; PARASITE PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EUKARYOTA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 79960031673     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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