Characterization and functional analysis of the 5′ flanking region of myosin light chain-2 gene expressed in white muscle of the gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part D: Genomics and Proteomics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 187-199

  Funkenstein, B ^a   Skopal, T ^a   Rapoport, B ^a   Rebhan, Y ^a   Du, S J ^b   Radaelli, G ^c  

^a ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Green fluorescence protein (GFP); Intra muscular injection of DNA; Luciferase; Muscle specific promoter; Sparus aurata; Transient expression; Zebrafish embryo

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FOLLISTATIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN 2; MYOSTATIN; NAKED DNA; PLASMID DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; E BOX ELEMENT; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAST MUSCLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SEA BREAM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TATA BOX; ZEBRA FISH;

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; DANIO RERIO; SPARUS AURATA;

EID: 34547458666     PISSN: 1744117X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbd.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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