The human telomerase catalytic subunit hTERT: Organization of the gene and characterization of the promoter

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 137-142

  Cong, Yu Sheng ^a   Wen, Jianping ^a   Bacchetti, Silvia ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; TELOMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BINDING SITE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSFECTION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EXON; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXONS; HUMANS; INTRONS; LAC OPERON; LUCIFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEINS; RNA; TELOMERASE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0032962953     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/8.1.137     Document Type: Article

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