Conservation of DNA bend sites with identical superhelical twists among the human, mouse, bovine, rabbit and chicken β-globin genes

DNA Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 253-259

  Wanapirak, Chanane ^a,d   Onishi, Yoshiaki ^a   Wada Kiyama, Yuko ^b   Ohyama, Takashi ^c   Kiyama, Ryoiti ^a  

^a NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c KONAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bent DNA; Curvature; Evolution; Globin gene; Superhelicity

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; GALLUS GALLUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ADENINE; DNA; GLOBIN; THYMINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA SUPERCOILING; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NUCLEOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOGENE; RABBIT;

ADENINE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLOBINS; HUMANS; MICE; NUCLEOSOMES; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOGENES; RABBITS; SOFTWARE; THYMINE;

EID: 0034738885     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/7.4.253     Document Type: Article

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