Regulatory elements in the 3' untranslated region of the GP82 glycoprotein are responsible for its stage-specific expression in Trypanosoma cruzi metacyclic trypomastigotes

Acta Tropica

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 230-233

  Bayer Santos, Ethel ^a   Gentil, Luciana Girotto ^a,b   Cordero, Esteban Maurício ^a,b   Corrêa, Paulo Roberto Ceridório ^a   Da Silveira, José Franco ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Post transcriptional control; Surface protein; Trans sialidase; Trypanosoma cruzi; Untranslated region

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 82; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

GENE EXPRESSION; PARASITE; PROTEIN; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GP82 GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE; UPREGULATION;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84863495566     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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