Promoter regions of four Balbiani ring genes in Chironomus tentans exhibit a common salivary gland-specific chromatin organisation, which is independent of the rate of transcriptional initiation

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 258, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 420-426

  Belikov, S ^a,d   Paulsson, G ^b   Wieslander, L ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d ENGELHARDT INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Balbiani ring genes; Chironomus tentans; Chromatin structure; DNase I hypersensitivity

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BALBIANI RING; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SALIVARY GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; INSECT PROTEINS; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS TENTANS; INSECTA;

EID: 0031810953     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050750     Document Type: Article

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