The chicken telomerase reverse transcriptase (chTERT): Molecular and cytogenetic characterization with a comparative analysis

Gene

Volumn 339, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 61-69

  Delany, Mary E ^a   Daniels, Laura M ^a  

^a One Shields Ave Univ C ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

4 6 Diamidino 2 phenylindole; aa; amino acid; Avian; base pairs; bp; cDNA; CEF; chicken embryo fibroblast; complementary DNA; DAPI; EST; expressed sequence tag; FISH; FITC; fluorescein isothiocyanate; fluorescence in situ hybridization; Gga; Telomere

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN C MYB; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E BOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IK1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAZ; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR WT1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA FLANKING REGION; EMBRYO; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; TELOMERE;

5' FLANKING REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRICETINAE; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TELOMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4444242167     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2004.05.024     Document Type: Article

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