Organization of the proximal promoter of the hatching-enzyme gene, the earliest zygotic gene expressed in the sea urchin embryo

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 502-513

  Ghiglione, Christian ^a   Emily Fenouil, Françoise ^a   Lhomond, Guy ^a   Gache, Christian ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

CCAAT box; Hatching enzyme gene; Promoter; Sea urchin embryo; Zygotic gene

Indexed keywords

ENZYME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HATCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEA URCHIN;

EID: 0031464538     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.0502y.x     Document Type: Article

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