Analysis of transcription factors binding to the human 7SL RNA gene promoter

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 431-438

  Müller, Jürgen ^a,b   Benecke, Bernd Joachim ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

7SL RNA; ATF; CRE; RNA polymerase III; TFIIIC

Indexed keywords

CHICKEN OVALBUMIN UPSTREAM PROMOTER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; RNA GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0033458707     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/o99-051     Document Type: Article

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