Trypanosomal histone γh2A and the DNA damage response

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-83

  Glover, Lucy ^a   Horn, David ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

H2AX; Checkpoint; Chromatin; I SceI; MMS; Repair

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2A GAMMA; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DAMAGE CHECKPOINT; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HISTONE PHOSPHORYLATION; KINETOPLASTIDA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; HISTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 84858709019     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: 18729428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

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