The myoglobin gene of the Antarctic icefish, Chaenocephalus aceratus, contains a duplicated TATAAAA sequence that interferes with transcription

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 131-139

  Small, Deena J ^a,b   Moylan, Thomas ^a,c   Vayda, Michael E ^a   Sidell, Bruce D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b Maine Medical Center Research Institute   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic fish; Chaenocephalus aceratus; Channichthyidae; Gene expression; Heart muscle; Icefish; Myoglobin; Oxygen transport; Promoter regulation

Indexed keywords

DNA; MYOGLOBIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IID;

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HEART MUSCLE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERCIFORMES; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; MYOGLOBIN; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PERCIFORMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; CHAENOCEPHALUS ACERATUS; CHANNICHTHYIDAE; CHIONODRACO RASTROSPINOSUS; EUKARYOTA; PERCIFORMES;

EID: 0037235518     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00067     Document Type: Article

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