The first intron of the Arabidopsis thaliana gene coding for elongation factor 1β contains an enhancer-like element

Gene

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 201-206

  Gidekel, Manuel ^a   Jimenez, Beatriz ^a   Herrera Estrella, Luis ^a,b  

^a Calzada Los Tenorios 235 Col G   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Transcriptional regulation; Transgenic plant; Translation; glucuronidase

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ELONGATION FACTOR 1BETA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; RECOMBINANT GENE; REPORTER GENE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0029962302     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00837-3     Document Type: Article

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