The Oct-1 POU domain activates snRNA gene transcription by contacting a region in the SNAP(c) largest subunit that bears sequence similarities to the Oct-1 coactivator OBF-1

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 3528-3540

  Ford, Ethan ^a,b   Strubin, Michel ^d   Hernandez, Nouria ^a,c  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Oct 1; POU domain; SNAP(c); snRNA gene; Transcription; Transcription activation

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0032533226     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.22.3528     Document Type: Article

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