“Reading” a new chapter in protozoan parasite transcriptional regulation

K Fleck, M Nitz, V Jeffers - PLoS Pathogens, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Protozoan parasites continue to cause a significant health and economic burden worldwide.
As infectious organisms, they pose unique and difficult challenges due to a level of …

Identification of novel bromodomain inhibitors of Trypanosoma cruzi bromodomain factor 2 (TcBDF2) using a fluorescence polarization-based high-throughput assay

LE Tavernelli, VL Alonso, I Peña… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Bromodomains are structural folds present in all eukaryotic cells that bind to other proteins
recognizing acetylated lysines. Most proteins with bromodomains are part of nuclear …

Essential Bromodomain TcBDF2 as a Drug Target against Chagas Disease

A Pezza, LE Tavernelli, VL Alonso… - ACS infectious …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Trypanosoma cruzi is a unicellular parasite that causes Chagas disease, which is endemic
in the American continent but also worldwide, distributed by migratory movements. A striking …

Open chromatin analysis in Trypanosoma cruzi life forms highlights critical differences in genomic compartments and developmental regulation at tDNA loci

ARJ Lima, HGS Silva, S Poubel, JN Rosón… - Epigenetics & …, 2022 - Springer
Background Genomic organization and gene expression regulation in trypanosomes are
remarkable because protein-coding genes are organized into codirectional gene clusters …

Identification of novel Bromodomain inhibitors of Trypanosoma cruzi Bromodomain Factor 2 (TcBDF2) using a fluorescence polarization-base high-throughput assay

LE Tavernelli, VL Alonso, I Peña, E Rodríguez Araya… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Bromodomains are structural folds present in all eukaryotic cells that bind to other proteins
recognizing acetylated lysines. Most proteins with bromodomains are part of nuclear …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamics and Energetics of a Bromodomain in complex with bromosporine from Leishmania donovani

G Ropón-Palacios, M Chenet-Zuta… - Revista Colombiana …, 2023 - scielo.org.co
Leishmaniasis continues to be a neglected tropical disease, affecting people and animals
and causing significant economic losses. Therefore, there is interest in the study and …