Identification of evolutionary conserved regulatory sequences in the 5′ untranscribed region of the neural-specific ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase (PGP9.5) gene

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-46

  Mann, Derek A ^a   Trowern, Angus R ^a   Lavender, F Louise ^a,b   Whittaker, Paul A ^a   Thompson, Rod J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolutionary conserved sequences; Neural specific expression; PGP9.5 gene, human and Monodelphis; Promoter

Indexed keywords

HYDROLASE; UBIQUITIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, REPORTER; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROBLASTOMA; OPOSSUMS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE;

MONODELPHIS; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA;

EID: 0030051865     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66010035.x     Document Type: Article

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