Bromodomain Proteins Contribute to Maintenance of Bloodstream Form Stage Identity in the African Trypanosome

PLoS Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Schulz, Danae ^a   Mugnier, Monica R ^a   Paulsen, Eda Margaret ^a   Kim, Hee Sook ^a   Chung, Chun wa W ^b   Tough, David F ^b   Rioja, Inmaculada ^b   Prinjha, Rab K ^b   Papavasiliou, F Nina ^a   Debler, Erik W ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; ISOPROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BINDING SITE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; IMMUNE EVASION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84953220596     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002316     Document Type: Article

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