Expression analysis of a Tyrosinase promoter sequence in zebrafish

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-126

  Camp, Esther ^a   Badhwar, Prerna ^b   Mann, Graham J ^b   Lardelli, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Danio rerio; E box motifs; LacZ expression; Tyrosinase promoter activity

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DNA FRAGMENT; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CLONE; DNA ISOLATION; E BOX ELEMENT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MARKER GENE; MELANOCYTE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; E-BOX ELEMENTS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, REGULATOR; HUMANS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037566452     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2003.00002.x     Document Type: Article

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