DNA Break Site at Fragile Subtelomeres Determines Probability and Mechanism of Antigenic Variation in African Trypanosomes

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Glover, Lucy ^a   Alsford, Sam ^a   Horn, David ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2A; PUROMYCIN; RAD51 PROTEIN; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLONOGENIC ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; DRUG SENSITIVITY; G2 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TELOMERE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITES; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; TELOMERE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 84875983148     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003260     Document Type: Article

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