Functional Characterization of the 5′-upstream Region of MTT5 Metallothionein Gene from Tetrahymena thermophila

Protist

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-77

  Formigari, Alessia ^a   Boldrin, Francesco ^a   Santovito, Gianfranco ^a   Cassidy Hanley, Donna ^b   Clark, Theodore G ^b   Piccinni, Ester ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cd metal responsive elements; Ichthyophthirius multifiliis; metallothionein; recombinant protein over expression; Tetrahymena thermophila

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; METALLOTHIONEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REPORTER GENE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BINDING SITES; CADMIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; METALLOTHIONEIN; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE DELETION; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ICHTHYOPHTHIRIUS MULTIFILIIS; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 72449206574     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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