Telomeres, tethers and trypanosomes

Nucleus (United States)

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Field, Mark C ^a   Horn, David ^b   Alsford, Sam ^b   Koreny, Ludek ^a   Rout, Michael P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; Evolution; Lamina; Nuclear envelope; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; KARYOPHERIN; LAMIN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEOPORIN; PROTEIN NUP 1; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; EVOLUTION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LAMINA; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME; FUNGUS; METABOLISM;

AMOEBA (GENUS); EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES; FUNGI; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; LAMINS; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX PROTEINS; TELOMERE; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 84872452954     PISSN: 19491034     EISSN: 19491042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/nucl.22167     Document Type: Article

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