Characterization of anti-silencing factor 1 in Leishmania major

Anti-silencing factor 1 (ASF1) is a histone chaperone that contributes to the histone deposition during nucleosome assembly in newly replicated DNA. It is involved in chromatin disassembly, transcription activation and in the cellular response to DNA damage. In Leishmania major the ASF1 gene (LmASF1...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Scher, Juliana Bório Ferreira Garcia, Bruno Pascoalino, Sergio Schenkman, Angela Kaysel Cruz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2012-05-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762012000300013&lng=en&tlng=en