Comparison between site-specific DNA binding proteins of male and female Schistosoma mansoni

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-40

  Fantappié, Marcelo Rosado ^a   Correa Oliveira, Rodrigo ^b   Caride, Elena Cristina ^a   Geraldo, Eliana Abreu Santos ^a   Agnew, Alison ^c   Rumjanek, Franklin David ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA; Gene F 10; Promoter; Proteins; Regulation

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; STREPTAVIDIN;

ARTICLE; DNA ADDUCT; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TATA BOX;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0032819990     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(99)00094-2     Document Type: Article

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