Short 5′-flanking regions of the Amy gene of Drosophila kikkawai affect amylase gene expression and respond to food environments

Gene

Volumn 412, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 102-109

  Inomata, Nobuyuki ^a   Nakashima, Shuichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cis Regulatory element; Evolution; Gene duplication; Gene regulation

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; PRIMER DNA;

AMY GENE; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA KIKKAWAI; FOOD; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYMOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

DROSOPHILA KIKKAWAI;

5' FLANKING REGION; ALPHA-AMYLASE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; FOOD; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, INSECT; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLASMIDS; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 40649086597     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2008.01.023     Document Type: Article

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