The DNA binding of insect Fork head factors is strongly influenced by the negative cooperation of neighbouring bases

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1145-1154

  Takiya, Shigeharu ^a   Gaži, Michal ^b   Mach, Václav ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bombyx; Dinucleotide step; Drosophila; Galleria; Positioned binding site; Promoter; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GALLERIA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 10744228788     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(03)00134-6     Document Type: Article

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