Organization of the gene encoding transcriptional repressor δEF1 and cross-species conservation of its domains

Gene

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 227-232

  Sekido, Ryohei ^a   Takagi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Okanami, Masahiro ^b   Moribe, Hiroki ^a   Yamamura, Mayumi ^a   Higashi, Yujiro ^a   Kondoh, Hisato ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chicken crystallin enhancer; E2 box; G + C rich promoter; Homeodomain; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

DELTA CRYSTALLIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HAMSTER; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPRESSOR GENE; START CODON; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030590385     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00185-0     Document Type: Article

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