Regulation of c-myc and immunoglobulin κ gene transcription by promoter-proximal pausing of RNA polymerase II

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 246, Issue , 1999, Pages 225-231

  Schneider, E E ^a   Albert, T ^a,b   Wolf, D A ^a,c   Eick, D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II;

ANIMAL CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENHANCER REGION; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0032931492     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-60162-0_28     Document Type: Conference Paper

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