Common cis-acting elements critical for the expression of several genes of Toxoplasma gondii

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 421-428

  Mercier, Corinne ^a,c   Hende, Sophie Lefebvre Van ^a   Garber, Gary E ^b   Lecordier, Laurence ^a   Capron, André ^a   Cesbron Delauw, Marie France ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 9544231794     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.6501361.x     Document Type: Article

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