The long terminal repeats of the HERV-H human endogenous retrovirus contain binding sites for transcriptional regulation by the Myb protein

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 841-845

  De Parseval, Nathalie ^a   Alkabbani, Hanan ^a   Heidmann, Thierry ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARCINOMA CELL; DNA FOOTPRINTING; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RETROVIRUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0032947317     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-80-4-841     Document Type: Article

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