Cloning of zebrafish metallothionein gene and characterization of its gene promoter region in HepG2 cell line

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1679, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-58

  Yan, Carol Hiu Mei ^a   Chan, King Ming ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

A; absorbance (1 cm); activator protein 1; AP1; basepair(s); bp; dd; dideoxyribo; Electrophoretic mobility assay; electrophoretic mobility assay; EMSA; Gene regulation; h; Heavy metal; hour(s); kb; kilobase(s); Luc; luciferase; min; minute(s); MRE; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; COBALT; COPPER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LEAD; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; NICKEL; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SPECIFIC PROTEIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HUMANS; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; PISCES;

EID: 3042857734     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbaexp.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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