Characterization of the promoter of the Brugia malayi 12 kDa small subunit ribosomal protein (RPS12) gene

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1111-1119

  Oliveira, Ana de ^a   Katholi, Charles R ^a   Unnasch, Thomas R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biolositics; Filariasis; Gene regulation; Promoter; Transfection

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

FILARIASIS; GENE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; NEMATODE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRUGIA MALAYI; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE STRUCTURE; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S12 GENE; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRANSFECTION;

BRUGIA MALAYI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 44349121642     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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