5'-flanking sequences required for efficient transcription in vitro of 5S RNA genes, in the related nematodes Caenorhabditis elegans and Caenorhabditis briggsae

Gene

Volumn 218, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 9-16

  Nelson, Donald W ^a   Linning, Rob M ^a   Davison, Patrick J ^a   Honda, Barry M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

RNA polymerase III; TATA

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA; RNA 5S;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DELETION MUTANT; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TATA BOX;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; SEQUENCE DELETION; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0032544530     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00392-8     Document Type: Article

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