Core promoter elements can regulate transcription on a separate chromosome in trans

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 253-258

  Morris, James R ^a   Geyer, Pamela K ^b   Wu, Chao Ting ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhancer; Pairing; Promoter; Transcription; Transvection; Yellow

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; TRANS ACTING FACTOR;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; FEMALE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033082237     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.3.253     Document Type: Article

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