Genomic Analysis of Sequence-Dependent DNA Curvature in Leishmania

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Smircich, Pablo ^a,b   Forteza, Diego ^a   El Sayed, Najib M ^c   Garat, Beatriz ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; HISTONE H3; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN SNAP50; PROTEIN TRF4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HISTONE ACETYLATION; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REGION INTEGRATED INTRINSIC CURVATURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMAN; PROCEDURES;

EUKARYOTA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROKARYOTA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 84876994603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063068     Document Type: Article

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