SUMOylation by the E3 Ligase TbSIZ1/PIAS1 Positively Regulates VSG Expression in Trypanosoma brucei

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  López Farfán, Diana ^a   Bart, Jean Mathieu ^a,b   Rojas Barros, Domingo I ^a   Navarro, Miguel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PARASITOLOGÍA Y BIOMEDICINA LÓPEZ NEYRA   (Spain)

^b Red de Investigación de Centros de Enfermedades Tropicales RICET Madrid   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; GENOMIC DNA; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN INHIBITOR OF ACTIVATED STAT 1; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN; CHROMATIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN INHIBITOR OF ACTIVATED STAT; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SUMOYLATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; WESTERN BLOTTING; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL NUCLEUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOPROTEINS; PROTEIN INHIBITORS OF ACTIVATED STAT; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SUMOYLATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

EID: 84919665904     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004545     Document Type: Article

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