Characterization of DNA sequences localized 11 to 17.5 kb upstream of the chicken embryonic π-globin gene

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 777-784

  Pietrowska, Monika ^a   Rusin, Marek ^a   Widłak, Piotr ^a   Razin, Sergey V ^b   Rzeszowska Wolny, Joanna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alfa globin domain; Inverted repeats; Matrix attachment region; Nuclear matrix; Regulatory sequences

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA; GLOBIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; CHICK EMBRYO; ERYTHROBLAST; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA; ERYTHROBLASTS; GENES, REPORTER; GLOBINS; NUCLEAR MATRIX; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0033252701     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.1999_4150     Document Type: Article

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