Structure and organization of the porcine LCN1 gene encoding Tear lipocalin/von Ebner's gland protein

Gene

Volumn 202, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 61-67

  Holzfeind, Paul ^a   Merschak, Petra ^a   Wojnar, Petra ^a   Redl, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Genomic organization; Lipocalin member; Promoter sequence; Structure homology

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; DNA FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LIPOCALIN; TEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; LACRIMAL GLAND; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; RAT; SWINE; TATA BOX; TONGUE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030775934     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00454-X     Document Type: Article

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