Histone H1 Plays a Role in Heterochromatin Formation and VSG Expression Site Silencing in Trypanosoma brucei

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Povelones, Megan L ^a,c   Gluenz, Eva ^b   Dembek, Marcin ^a   Gull, Keith ^b   Rudenko, Gloria ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; HISTONE H1; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; RNA POLYMERASE II; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONVERSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HETEROCHROMATIN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUCROSE GRADIENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 84870793679     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003010     Document Type: Article

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