Characterization of the octamer, a cis-regulatory element that modulates excretory cell gene-expression in Caenorhabditis elegans

BMC Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Mah, Allan K ^a,b   Tu, Domena K ^a   Johnsen, Robert C ^a   Chu, Jeffrey S ^a   Chen, Nansheng ^a   Baillie, David L ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CEH 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AQUAPORIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CEH 6 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CEH-6 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGION; SECRETORY CELL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 77950463546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-11-19     Document Type: Article

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