Cloning of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) α-actin, myosin regulatory light chain genes and the 5′-flanking region of α-tropomyosin. Functional assessment of promoters

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 601-608

  Krasnov, Aleksei ^a   Teerijoki, Heli ^a   Gorodilov, Yuri ^b   Mölsä, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

actin; OnmyAct; tropomyosin; Myosin regulatory light chain; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Promoter; Rainbow trout; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

5' FLANKING REGION; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LAC OPERON; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSGENES; TROPOMYOSIN;

MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037322051     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00116     Document Type: Article

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