Two internal sequence elements modulate transcription from the external human 7S K RNA gene promoter in vivo

Gene Expression

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-114

  Sandrock, Björn ^a,b   Benecke, Bernd Joachim ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

7S K promoter; External promoter; Internal elements; Polymerase III

Indexed keywords

RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONOLAYER CULTURE; PROMOTER REGION; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

GENES, REGULATOR; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA POLYMERASE III; RNA, SMALL CYTOPLASMIC; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032730965     PISSN: 10522166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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