Regulation of the sea urchin early H2A histone gene expression depends on the modulator element and on sequences located near the 3' end

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 380, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 159-165

  Palla, Franco ^a   Melfi, Raffaella ^b   Di Gaetano, Linda ^b   Bonura, Celestino ^b   Anello, Letizia ^a   Alessandro, Claudia ^b   Spinelli, Giovanni ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Dipto Biol Cell e dello Sviluppo   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNase I footprint; Downregulatory sequences; Enhancer; Microinjection

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA FRAGMENT; HISTONE H2A; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA BINDING; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GASTRULA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; MORULA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEA URCHIN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE;

ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033055118     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bc.1999.024     Document Type: Article

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