Promoter occupancy of the basal class I transcription factor A differs strongly between active and silent VSG expression sites in Trypanosoma brucei

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 3164-3176

  Nguyen, Tu N ^a   Müller, Laura S M ^a   Park, Sung Hee ^a   Siegel, T Nicolai ^b   Günzl, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL CLASS I TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR A; BASAL CLASS I TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR A 7; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

CELL NUCLEOLUS; GENE SILENCING; GENES, RRNA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 84898942049     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt1301     Document Type: Article

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