Synergistic enhancement of both initiation and elongation by acidic transcription activation domains

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1658-1665

  Blair, Wade S ^a   Fridell, Robert A ^a   Cullen, Bryan R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elongation; mRNA synthesis; Tat; Transcriptional activation

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALIA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 0029881387     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00511.x     Document Type: Article

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