A novel intron element operates posttranscriptionally to regulate human N-myc expression

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 155-163

  Sivak, Louise E ^a   Pont Kingdon, Geneviève ^b   Le, Kim ^b   Mayr, Gabriele ^b   Tai, Kuei Fang ^b   Stevens, Ben T ^b   Carroll, William L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; ONCOGENE C MYB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REPORTER GENE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0032908345     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.1.155     Document Type: Article

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