The expression of the HSP70 gene in Moneuplotes crassus is controlled by a two-step process at the transcript level

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 344-350

  Ullmann, Jörg ^a   Reidt, Ulrich ^a,b   Klein, Albrecht ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

HSP70; Spirotrichous ciliate; Transcript stability; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; MESSENGER RNA;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CILIATE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CILIOPHORA; MONEUPLOTES CRASSUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 2542434172     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2004.tb00578.x     Document Type: Article

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