Identification of evolutionarily invariant sequences in the protein C gene promoter

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 663-669

  Spek, C Arnold ^a,b   Bertina, Rogier M ^a   Reitsma, Pieter H ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Evolution; Promoter; Protein C; Responsive elements; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATE; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN C; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; CEBUS APELLA; GORILLA GORILLA; HAMADRYAS; HOMO SAPIENS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA MULATTA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0032444969     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006424     Document Type: Article

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