A short bifunctional element operates to positively or negatively regulate ESAG9 expression in different developmental forms of Trypanosoma brucei

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2294-2304

  Monk, Stephanie L ^a   Simmonds, Peter ^a   Matthews, Keith R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Gene expression; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

ESAG9 PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MORPHOGENESIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, PROTOZOAN; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

GLOSSINA (GENUS); MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 84879848112     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.126011     Document Type: Article

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