A unique nuclear receptor direct repeat 17 (DR17) is present within the upstream region of Schistosoma mansoni female-specific p14 gene

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 371, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 689-693

  Fantappié, Marcelo Rosado ^a   Furtado, Daniel Rodrigues ^a   Rumjanek, Franklin David ^a   LoVerde, Philip T ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct repeat; DR17; Nuclear receptor; p14 upstream region; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RETINOID X RECEPTORS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 44149112515     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.04.125     Document Type: Article

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