Flanking sequences of an Alu source stimulate transcription in vitro by interacting with sequence-specific transcription factors

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 30-36

  Chesnokov, Igor ^a   Schmid, Carl W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alu; Flanking; Retrotransposition; Sequence; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE INSERTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; RETROPOSON; SHORT INTERSPERSED REPEAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030069640     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00163208     Document Type: Conference Paper

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