ApiAP2 factors as candidate regulators of stochastic commitment to merozoite production in theileria annulata

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Pieszko, Marta ^a   Weir, William ^a   Goodhead, Ian ^b   Kinnaird, Jane ^a   Shiels, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN APIAP2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MEROZOITE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THEILERIA ANNULATA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MEROZOITES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; THEILERIA ANNULATA;

EID: 84940662100     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003933     Document Type: Article

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