A novel piscine vitellogenin gene: Structural and functional analyses of estrogen-inducible promoter

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 103-120

  Teo, Bee Yen ^a   Tan, Nguan Soon ^a   Lim, Eng Hwa ^a   Lam, Toong Jin ^a   Ding, Jeak Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

DNA binding; Imperfect estrogen response elements; Oreochromis aureus; Promoter; Recombinant estrogen receptor; Vitellogenin gene

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; VITELLOGENIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE INDUCTION; GENE ISOLATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TILAPIA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VITELLOGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTROGENS; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TILAPIA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VITELLOGENINS;

EID: 0032567199     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(98)00191-9     Document Type: Article

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