Transcriptional regulation of the dihydrofolate reductase gene

BioEssays

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-62

  Slansky, Jill E ^a   Farnham, Peggy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST; RETINOBLASTOMA BINDING PROTEIN 1; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; DNA REPLICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; E2F TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ENZYME INDUCTION; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONISTS; G1 PHASE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA POLYMERASE II; S PHASE; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030028934     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.950180111     Document Type: Article

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