Kinetoplastid-specific histone variant functions are conserved in Leishmania major

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 53-57

  Anderson, Britta A ^a   Wong, Iris L K ^a   Baugh, Loren ^b   Ramasamy, Gowthaman ^b   Myler, Peter J ^b,c   Beverley, Stephen M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Epigenetics; Genetics; Histone variants; Transcriptional read through; Trypanosomatid protozoa

Indexed keywords

DNA BASE; HISTONE; HISTONE H2AZ; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H2BV; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H3V; KINETOPLASTID SPECIFIC HISTONE VARIANT; PROTEIN VARIANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT STRAND SWITCH REGION; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID SEGREGATION BASED TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; WILD TYPE;

EUKARYOTA; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

CHROMATIN; EPIGENETICS; GENETICS; HISTONE VARIANTS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL READ-THROUGH; TRYPANOSOMATID PROTOZOA;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HISTONES; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84886732148     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: 18729428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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