Characteristic sequences in the promoter region of the chicken tyrosinase-encoding gene

Gene

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-195

  Ferguson, Christine A ^a   Kidson, Susan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Luciferase reporter; M box; Melanocyte specific promoter element; Neural crest cell

Indexed keywords

MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 0029937931     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00784-9     Document Type: Article

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