A conserved tissue-specific structure at a human T-cell receptor β- chain core promoter

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 4220-4229

  Halle, Jörn Peter ^a   Haus Seuffert, Philipp ^a   Woltering, Claudia ^a   Stelzer, Gertraud ^a   Meisterernst, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030842463     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.17.8.4220     Document Type: Article

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