Binding of nuclear proteins to a conserved histone H1t promoter element suggests an important role in testis-specific transcription

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 348-362

  Vanwert, Jane M ^b   Wolfe, Steven A ^b   Grimes, Sidney R ^a  

^a OVERTON BROOKS VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

DNA binding protein; gene regulation; histone H1t; TE; tissue specific transcription; tissue specific gene expression

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES; HISTONES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029876260     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(19960301)60:3<348::AID-JCB7>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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