Role of the transcription start site core region and transcription factor YY1 in rous sarcoma virus long terminal repeat promoter activity

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 6592-6601

  Mobley, Constance M ^a   Sealy, Linda ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE DELETION; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; ROUS SARCOMA ONCOVIRUS; TATA BOX;

EID: 0031903412     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.8.6592-6601.1998     Document Type: Article

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