Discovery and modeling of transcriptional regulatory regions

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-24

  Fickett, James W ^a   Wasserman, Wyeth W ^b  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BINDING SITE; BIOCHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0033976523     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(99)00049-X     Document Type: Review

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