Metazoan rDNA enhancer acts by making more genes transcriptionally active

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 943-954

  Osheim, Yvonne N ^a   Mougey, Edward B ^b   Windle, Jolene ^b,d   Anderson, Mary ^b   O'Reilly, Marina ^c,e   Miller Jr , Oscar L ^c   Beyer, Ann ^a   Sollner Webb, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d Sleep Therapy and Research Center   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FEMALE; KINETICS; MICE; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OOCYTES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; METAZOA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029973773     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.133.5.943     Document Type: Article

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