The Pentanucleotide ATTGG, the "Inverted CCAAT," Is an Essential Element for HLA Class I Gene Transcription

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 4788-4796

  Schoneich, Jerzy ^a   Lee, Jung Lim ^a   Mansky, Patrick ^b   Sheffery, Michael ^a   Yang, Soo Young ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, MHC CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031570090     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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