The 5′ terminal oligopyrimidine tract of human elongation factor 1A-1 gene functions as a transcriptional initiator and produces a variable number of Us at the transcriptional level

Gene

Volumn 311, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 137-145

  Shibui Nihei, Akiko ^a,b   Ohmori, Yoshihiro ^b   Yoshida, Kenichi ^b   Imai, Jun Ichi ^b   Oosuga, Ikurou ^c   Iidaka, Makoto ^c   Suzuki, Yutaka ^b   Mizushima Sugano, Junko ^b   Yoshitomo Nakagawa, Kiyomi ^b   Sugano, Sumio ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 Terminal oligopyrimidine tract; Elongation factor 1A 1; Initiator; Oligo capped cDNA library

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR; ELONGATION FACTOR 1A 1; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ELONGATION FACTOR 1; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; EMBRYO; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TERMINAL SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HELA CELL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MUS MUSCULUS;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; URACIL NUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 0037633352     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(03)00583-3     Document Type: Article

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