Multiple single-stranded cis elements are associated with activated chromatin of the human c-myc gene in vivo

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2656-2669

  Michelotti, Gregory A ^a   Michelotti, Emil F ^a   Pullner, Andrea ^b   Duncan, Robert C ^a,c   Eick, Dirk ^b   Levens, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA CONFORMATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0029998428     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.6.2656     Document Type: Article

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