Characterisation of the proximal regulatory domain of the Echinococcus granulosus homeodomain-containing gene EgHbx1

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-49

  Esperón, Patricia ^a,b   Gorfinkiel, Nicole ^a   Garat, Beatriz ^a   Ehrlich, Ricardo ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

DNA protein interactions; Echinococcus granulosus; Electrophoretic mobility shift assay; Homeobox; Nuclear extracts; Promoter; Transcription

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; ECHINOCOCCUS; GENES, HELMINTH; GENES, HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CESTODA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGASTER; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033975923     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00164-2     Document Type: Article

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