The one-kilobase DNA fragment upstream of the ardC actin gene of Physarum polycephalum is both a replicator and a promoter

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 3506-3514

  Pierron, Gérard ^a   Pallotta, Dominick ^b   Bénard, Marianne ^a  

^a Institute de Recherche sur le Cancer   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYGROMYCIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT;

CHONDROMYCES; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; PHYSARUM; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM;

EID: 0032941753     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.5.3506     Document Type: Article

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