The expression of human H2A-H2B histone gene pairs is regulated by multiple sequence elements in their joint promoters

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1446, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 341-351

  Trappe, Ralf ^a   Doenecke, Detlef ^a   Albig, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Divergent promoter; E2F; Histone; Histone gene promoter; Oct 1

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; REPORTER GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TATA BOX;

BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELLS; HISTONES; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032788947     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(99)00107-4     Document Type: Article

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