Mono-allelic VSG expression by RNA polymerase I in Trypanosoma brucei: Expression site control from both ends?

Gene

Volumn 556, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 68-73

  Günzl, Arthur ^a   Kirkham, Justin K ^a   Nguyen, Tu N ^a   Badjatia, Nitika ^a   Park, Sung Hee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mono allelic gene expression; RNA polymerase I; Telomeric silencing; Trypanosome

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; EPIGENETICS; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC REGULATION; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; ALLELIC IMBALANCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

MAMMALIA; PROTISTA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ALLELES; ALLELIC IMBALANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENES, PROTOZOAN; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA POLYMERASE I; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 84922729767     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.09.047     Document Type: Article

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