Regulation of ALF promoter activity in Xenopus oocytes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Li, Dan ^a   Raza, Abbas ^a   DeJong, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ALF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALF PROTEIN, XENOPUS; PRIMER DNA; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CHICKEN; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DOG; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GERM CELL; HORSE; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; KIDNEY CELL; MACACA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; RAT; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWINE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; DNA METHYLATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANURA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; PAN; RATTUS; SUIDAE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 68949141598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006664     Document Type: Article

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