A sequence based computational identification of a Drosophila developmentally regulated TATA-less RNA polymerase II promoter and its experimental validation

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1399, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 117-125

  Santoni, Marie Josée ^a   Aït Ahmed, Ounissa ^a,c   Marilley, Monique ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

Author keywords

(Drosophila); Bent DNA; Duplex stability; TATA less promoter; yem

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CURVED DNA; CYTOSINE; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANINE; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DROSOPHILA; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TATA BOX;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA; DROSOPHILA; GENE DELETION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA POLYMERASE II; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0344505734     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(98)00093-1     Document Type: Article

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