Protein-DNA interactions at the major and minor promoters of the divergently transcribed dhfr and rep3 genes during the Chinese hamster ovary cell cycle

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 634-647

  Wells, Julie ^a,b   Held, Paul ^b,c   Illenye, Sharon ^b   Heintz, Nicholas H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Bio Tek Instruments Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030030358     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.2.634     Document Type: Article

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