A transcriptional insulator element, the su(Hw) binding site, protects a chromosomal DNA replication origin from position effects

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2202-2206

  Lu, Lucy ^a   Tower, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHORION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EUKARYOTE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0030953975     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.4.2202     Document Type: Article

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