Integration of the yeast retrotransposon Ty1 is targeted to regions upstream of genes transcribed by RNA polymerase III

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 620-633

  Devine, Scott E ^a   Boeke, Jef D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Integration; retrotransposon; RNA polymerase III; targeting; transcription; Ty1

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; INTEGRASE; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA INTEGRATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; TATA BOX; VIRUS PARTICLE; YEAST;

EID: 0029879536     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.5.620     Document Type: Article

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