Analysis of cis-regulatory elements in the 5′ untranslated region of murine leukemia virus controlling protein expression

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 140-148

  Yamamoto, Naoki ^a   Takase Yoden, Sayaka ^a  

^a SOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 untranslated region; Cis regulatory element; Murine leukemia virus; Retrovirus

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLIA CELL; MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RAT; RNA STABILITY; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GLIA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REPORTER GENE; VIROLOGY;

MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; RATTUS;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; GENES, REPORTER; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, MURINE; LUCIFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROGLIA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RATS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 65549087609     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2008.00103.x     Document Type: Article

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