Structure and regulation of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene in killifish: A comparative genomics approach

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part D: Genomics and Proteomics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 172-185

  Singer, T D ^a   Keir, K R ^b   Hinton, M ^a   Scott, G R ^b   McKinley, R S ^b   Schulte, P M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Evolution; Fish; Fundulus; Intron; Stickleback; Teleost; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; MIFEPRISTONE; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOMICS; INTRON; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELEOST; ZEBRA FISH;

CYPRINODONTOIDEI; DANIO RERIO; FUNDULUS; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; MAMMALIA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 43849108448     PISSN: 1744117X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbd.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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