Evolutionary conservation and functional synergism of curved DNA at the mouse and other globin-gene promoters

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 649-657

  Wanapirak, Chanane ^a,c   Kato, Megumi ^a   Onishi, Yoshiaki ^a   Wada Kiyama, Yuko ^b   Kiyama, Ryoiti ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Chromatin structure; Curved DNA; Nucleosome phase; Promoter; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I;

ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CELL STRAIN K 562; CHICKEN; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA STRUCTURE; ERYTHROID CELL; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GLOBIN GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN GENOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PROMOTER REGION; RABBIT; REPORTER GENE; REPRESSOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, REPORTER; GLOBINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOSOMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; GALLUS GALLUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0038708238     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-002-2432-z     Document Type: Article

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