The Cryptosporidium parvum ApiAP2 gene family: Insights into the evolution of apicomplexan AP2 regulatory systems

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 8271-8284

  Oberstaller, Jenna ^a,b,d   Pumpalova, Yoanna ^c   Schieler, Ariel ^c   Llinás, Manuel ^c,e   Kissinger, Jessica C ^a,b  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APICOMPLEXAN AP2 PROTEIN; MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHROMALVEOLATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA BINDING MOTIF; G BOX MOTIF; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PERKINSUS MARINUS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTOZOON; REGULON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALVEOLATA; APICOMPLEXA; BINDING SITES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84905568155     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku500     Document Type: Article

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