The heptanucleotide motif GAGACGC is a key component of a cis-acting promoter element that is critical for SnSAG1 expression in Sarcocystis neurona

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-88

  Gaji, Rajshekhar Y ^a   Howe, Daniel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Coccidia; Gene regulation; Luciferase; Promoter; Sarcocystis neurona; Transcription; Transfection

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; LUCIFERASE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SNSAG1 GENE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOTIDES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SARCOCYSTIS;

APICOMPLEXA; COCCIDIA; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 64149092789     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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