Transcriptional analysis and promoter activity of the Spodoptera littoralis multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus ecdysteroid UDP-glucosyltransferase gene

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 487-491

  Toister Achituv, Mira ^a   Faktor, Ouriel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ECDYSTEROID; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; IMMEDIATE EARLY PROTEIN; VIRUS ENZYME; VIRUS MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE STRUCTURE; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; START CODON; TATA BOX; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS GENE;

ANIMALIA; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; CYPOVIRUS; FELIS CATUS; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS MULTICAPSID NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 0031020161     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-78-2-487     Document Type: Article

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