Unusual chromatin structure associated with monoparalogous transcription of the Babesia bovis ves multigene family

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 163-172

  Huang, Yingling ^a   Xiao, Yu Ping ^a   Allred, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; Babesia bovis; Chromatin remodeling; Chromatin structure; Nucleosome remodeling; Promoter structure; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; SPACER DNA;

DIGESTION; DNA; GENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARASITE;

ARTICLE; BABESIA BOVIS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MONOPARALOGOUS TRANSCRIPTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VES1ALPHA GENE; VES1BETA GENE;

ANIMALS; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BABESIA BOVIS;

EID: 84873137443     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.10.018     Document Type: Article

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