Isolation of a promoter region of a secreted metalloprotease gene from Microsporum canis

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-28

  Yamada, Tsuyoshi ^a   Makimura, Koichi ^a   Hirai, Asuka ^b   Kano, Rui ^b   Hasegawa, Atsuhiko ^b   Uchida, Katsuhisa ^a   Yamaguchi, Hideyo ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; STROMELYSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC CODE; INVERSE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MICROSPORUM CANIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; METALLOPROTEASES; MICROSPORUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

EID: 1642482987     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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