Common factors direct transcription through the proximal sequence elements (PSEs) of the embryonic sea urchin U1, U2, and U6 genes despite minimal sequence similarity among the PSEs

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1275-1281

  Li, Jian Ming ^a,c   Haberman, Rebecca P ^a   Marzluff, William F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS; SEA URCHIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPLICEOSOME; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 0030053135     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.16.3.1275     Document Type: Article

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