An HMG I/Y-containing repressor complex and supercoiled DNA topology are critical for long-range enhancer-dependent transcription in vitro

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 629-639

  Bagga, Rajesh ^a   Emerson, Beverly M ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

derepression; DNA topology; enhancers; HMG I Y; TCR genes; transcription

Indexed keywords

HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENHANCER REGION; GENE LOCUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031001394     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.5.629     Document Type: Article

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