cis-Regulatory elements conserved in the proximal promoter region of an ascidian embryonic muscle myosin heavy chain gene

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 54-63

  Araki, Isato ^a,b   Satoh, Noriyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidian embryos; cis elements; Muscle specific expression; Myosin heavy chain gene

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HEART MUSCLE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0029823754     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050030     Document Type: Article

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