Trypanosoma brucei Orc1 is essential for nuclear DNA replication and affects both VSG silencing and VSG switching

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 196-210

  Benmerzouga, Imaan ^a   Concepción Acevedo, Jeniffer ^b   Kim, Hee Sook ^c   Vandoros, Anthula V ^b   Cross, George A M ^c   Klingbeil, Michele M ^b   Li, Bibo ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; GENOMIC DNA; ORIGIN RECOGNITION COMPLEX; ORIGIN RECOGNITION COMPLEX 1; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RAP1 PROTEIN; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE SWITCHING; IMMUNE EVASION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE SILENCING; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; ORIGIN RECOGNITION COMPLEX; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 84871448156     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12093     Document Type: Article

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