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488 INDEX<br />

U small nuclear RNA (snRNA)<br />

gene <strong>trans</strong>cription, 59–60<br />

tRNA gene functional association, 63<br />

U2 snRNA gene <strong>trans</strong>cription, 63<br />

Ubiquinol:oxygen oxidoreductase, 141, 143<br />

Ubiquinone (coenzyme Q), 161, 162<br />

Ubiquitin, 73<br />

Ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes, 73<br />

unc-7, 376, 378<br />

unc-9, 376, 378<br />

unc-17, 368<br />

unc-25, 372<br />

unc-29, 371<br />

unc-30, 372<br />

unc-38, 371<br />

unc-43, 372<br />

unc-47, 372<br />

unc-49, 372<br />

Urate metabolism, 208, 209<br />

Urea excretion, 171, 183<br />

Urea metabolism, 208<br />

Uredofs, 389<br />

Ureotielic metabolism, 171<br />

Uric acid excretion, 171<br />

Uricotelic metabolism, 171<br />

Uridine phosphoribosyl<strong>trans</strong>ferase (UPRT),<br />

220, 221<br />

Uridine phosphorylase (UP), 221, 222<br />

Uridine-cytidine kinase (UK), 221<br />

Vaccine candidacy tests, 18<br />

var, 58, 107<br />

regulation of expression, 107–8<br />

Variant surface glycoproteins (VSGs), 91–7, 225,<br />

226<br />

antigenic variation, 30, 91, 226<br />

expression regulation/switching, 99–102<br />

genetic aspects, 97–103<br />

role of telomeres, 100<br />

switching, 102, 226<br />

expression regulation, 99–102<br />

function, 94<br />

glycosylation sites, 226<br />

glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchors,<br />

92–3, 96, 226<br />

immune response, 226<br />

potenital in vaccine development, 108<br />

RNA <strong>trans</strong>-splicing, 30<br />

structure, 92, 94–6, 226, 227<br />

synthesis/secretion, 96–7<br />

<strong>trans</strong>cription regulation, 73, 78<br />

see also VSG genes<br />

Vector-host systems, 7<br />

Virulence factors, 17, 438<br />

Leishmania, 111–22, 234, 235<br />

protozoan proteinases, 180–1<br />

VSG genes, 97<br />

evolution, 102–3<br />

expression sites (ES), 97–8<br />

-amanitin-resistant <strong>trans</strong>cription, 49,<br />

50, 98<br />

ESAG (expression site-associated genes),<br />

97<br />

promoter DNA-protein interactions,<br />

54, 55<br />

promoters, 53, 54, 97<br />

regulation, 51, 97, 99–102<br />

Whole chromosomes/whole genome shotgun<br />

sequencing, 11–13<br />

WR99210, 409, 430<br />

Wuchereria bancrofti, 457, 458<br />

Xanthine oxidase, 209<br />

Xanthine phosphoribosyl<strong>trans</strong>ferase (XPRT), 212,<br />

213, 214<br />

Yeast artificial chromosomes (YAC), 7, 8

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