Multiple regulatory regions control the transcription of medaka germ gene vasa

Biochimie

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 850-857

  Li, Mingyou ^a   Guan, Guijun ^b   Hong, Ni ^a   Hong, Yunhan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Germ cell; Germ gene; Transcription; Transgenesis; vasa

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; GERM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRON; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORYZIAS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENICS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; FISH PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; INTRONS; MALE; ORYZIAS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SPERMATOZOA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ORYZIINAE;

EID: 84874667545     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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