Transcriptional regulation of the nitrate reductase gene in Chlorella vulgaris: Identification of regulatory elements controlling expression

Current Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 128-135

  Cannons, Andrew C ^a   Shiflett, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

GATA response element; Nitrate; Nitrate reductase; Transcription

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GUANINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NIT2 PROTEIN; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; SULFURTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPSTREAM REGULATORY FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BINDING SITE; CELL GROWTH; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BINDING SITES; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHLORELLA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; E2F TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ERYTHROID-SPECIFIC DNA-BINDING FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034793449     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940100232     Document Type: Article

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