Analysis of the promoter of the cudA gene reveals novel mechanisms of Dictyostelium cell type differentiation

Development

Volumn 127, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2705-2713

  Fukuzawa, Masashi ^a   Williams, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex promoter; CudA; Dictyostelium; STAT protein

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN; STAT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DICTYOSTELIUM; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASES; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPORES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033947663     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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