Genomic organization of the cadmium-inducible tandem repeat 25-kDa metallothionein of the oligochaete worm Enchytraeus buchholzi

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1680, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-33

  Schmitt Wrede, Hans Peter ^a   Koewius, Heike ^a   Tschuschke, Steffen ^a   Greven, Hartmut ^a   Wunderlich, Frank ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

25 kDa metallothionein; Cadmium resistance; Cysteine rich protein; Enchytraeus buchholzi; Metal responsive element

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CADMIUM; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCHYTRAEUS BUCHHOLZI; EXON; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTRON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RETROPOSON; TANDEM REPEAT; TATA BOX;

5' FLANKING REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CADMIUM; CHROMOSOME WALKING; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLIGOCHAETA; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ENCHYTRAEUS; ENCHYTRAEUS BUCHHOLZI;

EID: 4644338363     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbaexp.2004.08.007     Document Type: Article

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