Cloning and characterization of the 5′-flanking region of the oxalate decarboxylase gene from Flammulina velutipes

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-75

  Azam, Mohammad ^a   Kesarwani, Meenu ^a   Chakraborty, Subhra ^a   Natarajan, Krishnamurthy ^a   Datta, Asis ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Low pH responsive element; Oxalic acid; pH regulated promoter

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; BIOASSAY; CELLS; CLONING; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES; PH EFFECTS;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ENZYMES;

OXALATE DECARBOXYLASE; OXALIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CARBOXYLYASE; CATION; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; FUNGAL PROTEIN; ION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PH; DECARBOXYLATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; AGARICALES; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

FLAMMULINA VELUTIPES;

AGARICALES; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARBOXY-LYASES; CATIONS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; OXALIC ACID; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0036796232     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20011573     Document Type: Article

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