Characterization of anti-silencing factor 1 in Leishmania major

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 377-386

  Scher, Ricardo ^a,b   Garcia, Juliana Bório Ferreira ^a   Pascoalino, Bruno ^a   Schenkman, Sergio ^a   Cruz, Angela Kaysel ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anti silencing factor 1; Histone chaperone; Leishmania major

Indexed keywords

ANTI SILENCING FACTOR 1, LEISHMANIA MAJOR; ANTI-SILENCING FACTOR 1, LEISHMANIA MAJOR; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA DAMAGE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HISTONE CHAPERONES; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MUTATION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RABBITS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 84860233504     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000300013     Document Type: Article

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