An alternative intronic promoter of the Bombyx A3 cytoplasmic actin gene exhibits a high level of transcriptional activity in mammalian cells

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 337-345

  Fatyol, K ^a,b   Illes, K ^a   Szalay, A A ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

A3 cytoplasmic actin; Alternative promoter; CArG element; Intron; Silkworm

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTRON; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SILKWORM;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ACTINS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOMBYX; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CHO CELLS; COS CELLS; CRICETINAE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; HUMANS; INTRONS; MAMMALS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032998898     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050974     Document Type: Article

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