Functional GATA- and initiator-like-elements exhibit a similar arrangement in the promoters of Caenorhabditis elegans polyamine synthesis enzymes

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 385, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 711-721

  Lüersen, Kai ^a   Eschbach, Marie Luise ^a   Liebau, Eva ^a   Walter, Rolf D ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis; GATA element; Initiator element; Ornithine decarboxylase; S adenosyl methionine decarboxylase; Spermidine synthase

Indexed keywords

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYAMINE; RIBONUCLEASE; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA SEQUENCE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENITAL SYSTEM; INTESTINE CELL; METABOLIC REGULATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYAMINE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; ANIMALS; BIOGENIC POLYAMINES; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 4544345445     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2004.087     Document Type: Article

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