Analysis of the Ac promoter: Structure and regulation

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 258, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 306-314

  Fridlender, M ^a,b   Sitrit, Y ^a   Shaul, O ^a   Gileadi, O ^a   Levy, A A ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activator; Cell cycle; Promoter; TATA box; Transposon

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CELL CYCLE; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; MITOSIS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE DELETION; TATA BOX; TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSPOSASES;

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0031864556     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050735     Document Type: Article

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