The mechanism of recruitment of the lactate dehydrogenase-B/ε-crystallin gene by the duck lens

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 262, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 629-639

  Brunekreef, Gerd A ^a   Kraft, Harry J ^a   Schoenmakers, John G G ^a   Lubsen, Nicolette H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

G + C rich promoter; Initiator; Pax6; Sp1; Taxon specific crystallins

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LENS PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; LENS; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANAS SP.; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030580048     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0541     Document Type: Article

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