Light chain promoter regions in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss: Function of a classical and an atypical Ig promoter

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 785-796

  Timmusk, Sirje ^a   Strömberg, Siv ^a   Pilström, Lars ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin light chain; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Promoter

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MOTIF; RAINBOW TROUT; SPECIES COMPARISON; TATA BOX;

GADUS; GADUS MORHUA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0036887630     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(02)00038-1     Document Type: Article

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