Characterization of the Bovine Prion Protein Gene: The Expression Requires Interaction between the Promoter and Intron

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 175-183

  Inoue, Shingo ^a   Tanaka, Masayuki ^a   Horiuchi, Motohiro ^a   Ishiguro, Naotaka ^a   Shinagawa, Morikazu ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bovine PrP; Intron; Prion protein gene; Promoter

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; CRICETINAE; OVIS ARIES;

VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HAMSTER; HUMAN; INTRON; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRION; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CRICETINAE; DNA, VIRAL; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENES, VIRAL; HUMANS; INTRONS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRIONS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031087229     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.59.175     Document Type: Article

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