Functional analysis of Drosophila melanogaster hexokinase Hex-A locus: Multiple Initiator-like elements enhance DPE containing promoter activity

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-13

  Jayakumar, P C ^a,b   Shouche, Y S ^a   Patole, M S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CELL SCIENCE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Enhancer elements; HEX A protein expression; Hexokinase A; Promoter analysis

Indexed keywords

HEXOKINASE; ISOENZYME;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME MAP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HEXOKINASE; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 33846622447     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2006.00664.x     Document Type: Article

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