A novel human DNA-binding protein with sequence similarity to a subfamily of redox proteins which is able to repress RNA-polymerase-III- driven transcription of the Alu-family retroposons in vitro

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 260, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 336-346

  Kropotov, Andrey ^a   Sedova, Vanda ^a   Ivanov, Vadim ^a   Sazeeva, Natalya ^a   Tomilin, Alexey ^a   Krutilina, Raisa ^a   Oei, Shiao Li ^b   Griesenbeck, Joachim ^b   Buchlow, Gerhard ^b   Tomilin, Nikolai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alu family retroposon; Human cells; Repressor; RNA polymerase III; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLOPHILIN; CYCLOPHILIN A; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE; RETROPOSON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ALU ELEMENTS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLACENTA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETROELEMENTS; RNA POLYMERASE III; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ADENOVIRIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033106406     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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