Convergent transcription units and their promoters at both ends of Pot2, an inverted repeat transposon from the rice blast fungus

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 268-273

  Kimura, Makoto ^a   Yamaguchi, Isamu ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antisense regulation; Blasticidin s resistance; Class II transposon; Fungal promoter; Pyricularia oryzae (Magnaporthe grisea)

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DNA FRAGMENT; TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; FUNGUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TATA BOX; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0031660925     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022106     Document Type: Article

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