Two alternative promoters drive the expression of the cytoplasmic actin A4 gene of Bombyx mori

Gene

Volumn 183, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 191-199

  Mangé, Alain ^a   Couble, Pierre ^a   Prudhomme, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic actin; Multigene family; Phylogeny; Regulatory sequences; SRE; Tissue specific expression

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; INTRON; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SILKWORM;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOMBYX; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOPLASM; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0030476019     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00558-6     Document Type: Article

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