Sea urchin neural α2 tubulin gene: Isolation and promoter analysis

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 316, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 446-453

  Costa, S ^a   Ragusa, M A ^a   Drago, G ^a   Casano, C ^a   Alaimo, G ^a   Guida, N ^a   Gianguzza, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ectopic expression; Neurogenesis; Paracentrotus lividus; Promoter; Tubulin genes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 TUBULIN; ALPHA TUBULIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GASTRULA; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SEA URCHIN;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE COMPONENTS; GENES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEA URCHINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TUBULIN;

ECHINOIDEA; FELIS CATUS; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS;

EID: 1542407756     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.02.070     Document Type: Article

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