The repeat organizer, a specialized insulator element within the intergenic spacer of the Xenopus rRNA genes

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2866-2875

  Robinett, Carmen C ^a   O'Connor, Alec ^a   Dunaway, Marietta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030988086     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.5.2866     Document Type: Article

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