PfSETvs methylation of histone H3K36 represses virulence genes in Plasmodium falciparum

Nature

Volumn 499, Issue 7457, 2013, Pages 223-227

  Jiang, Lubin ^a   Mu, Jianbing ^b   Zhang, Qingfeng ^c,d,e   Ni, Ting ^f   Srinivasan, Prakash ^b   Rayavara, Kempaiah ^b   Yang, Wenjing ^g   Turner, Louise ^h   Lavstsen, Thomas ^h   Theander, Thor G ^h   Peng, Weiqun ⁱ   Wei, Guiying ^c   Jing, Qingqing ^a   Wakabayashi, Yoshiyuki ^g   Bansal, Abhisheka ^b   Luo, Yan ^g   Ribeiro, José M C ^b   Scherf, Artur ^d,e   Aravind, L ^j   Zhu, Jun ^g   Zhao, Keji ^g   Miller, Louis H ^b   more..

^a INSTITUTE PASTEUR OF SHANGHAI   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; HISTONE H3; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ANTIGEN; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; FLY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; INFECTIVITY; MALARIA; MEMBRANE; METHYLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PROTEIN; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTONE METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE SILENCING; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HISTONES; INTRONS; LYSINE; MALARIA VACCINES; METHYLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, LONG UNTRANSLATED; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84880513164     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12361     Document Type: Article

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