Analysis of the 5S rRNA gene promoter from Acanthamoeba castellanii

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1123-1132

  Peng, Zhihua ^a   Bateman, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; RNA BINDING; TATA BOX; WILD TYPE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; GENES, RRNA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA POLYMERASE III; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; SEQUENCE DELETION; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIIB; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; PROKARYOTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 3142762621     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04034.x     Document Type: Article

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