A novel method to develop highly specific models for regulatory units detects a new LTR in GenBank which contains a functional promoter

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 270, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 674-687

  Frech, Kornelie ^a   Danescu Mayer, Joana ^a   Werner, Thomas ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Database search; LTR; Promoter analysis; Transcription factor binding sites; Transient expression

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; RETROVIRUS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VIRUS GENE;

AVES; LENTIVIRUS; MAMMALIA; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0031214793     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1140     Document Type: Article

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