Cloning of crucian carp (Carassius cuvieri) metallothionein-II gene and characterization of its gene promoter region

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 342, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1297-1304

  Ren, Hongwei ^a   Xu, Mingxu ^a   He, Pengfei ^a   Muto, Norio ^b   Itoh, Norio ^b   Tanaka, Keiichi ^b   Xing, Juan ^a   Chu, Mingming ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carassius cuvieri; Gene regulation; GRE; Metallothionein; MRE

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; COPPER ION; GLUCOCORTICOID RESPONSE ELEMENT; LUCIFERASE; METALLOTHIONEIN II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARP; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TATA BOX;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARPS; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; CARASSIUS CARASSIUS; CARASSIUS CUVIERI; CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 33644886903     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.02.082     Document Type: Article

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