Cell-cycle-regulated control of VSG expression site silencing by histones and histone chaperones ASF1A and CAF-1b in Trypanosoma brucei

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 10150-10160

  Alsford, Sam ^a   Horn, David ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; HISTONE H3; PROTEIN ASF1A; PROTEIN CAF 1B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA REPLICATION; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; S PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; TELOMERE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY FACTOR-1; GENE SILENCING; HISTONE CHAPERONES; HISTONES; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 84869046968     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks813     Document Type: Article

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