A Plasmodium falciparum Histone Deacetylase regulates antigenic variation and gametocyte conversion

Cell Host and Microbe

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 177-186

  Coleman, Bradley I ^a   Skillman, Kristen M ^a   Jiang, Rays H Y ^a   Childs, Lauren M ^a   Altenhofen, Lindsey M ^b   Ganter, Markus ^a   Leung, Yvette ^a   Goldowitz, Ilana ^a   Kafsack, Björn F C ^b   Marti, Matthias ^a   Llinás, Manuel ^b   Buckee, Caroline O ^a   Duraisingh, Manoj T ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE DEACETYLASE 2; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; GAMETOCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CELLS, CULTURED; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84908159405     PISSN: 19313128     EISSN: 19346069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2014.06.014     Document Type: Article

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