Myc versus USF: Discrimination at the cad gene is determined by core promoter elements

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2529-2537

  Boyd, Kathryn E ^a   Farnham, Peggy J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; DIHYDROOROTASE; ONCOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE;

EID: 0030949835     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.5.2529     Document Type: Article

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