A spider tRNA(Ala) requires a far upstream sequence element for expression

Gene

Volumn 231, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 195-201

  Cintron I ^a   Capo L ^a   Plazaola, A ^a   Arroyo, G ^a   Candelas, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Fibroin; In vitro transcription; Nephila clavipes; Polymerase III; Tissue specific

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; FIBROIN; RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILKWORM; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MUTAGENESIS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, TRANSFER, ALA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPIDERS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NEPHILA CLAVIPES;

EID: 0033614460     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00077-3     Document Type: Article

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