In vivo footprinting studies suggest a role for chromatin in transcription of the human 7SK gene

Gene

Volumn 247, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 33-44

  Boyd, Diana C ^a   Greger, Ingo H ^a   Murphy, Shona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Oct 1; pol III; PTF; snRNA; Staf; TBP

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TATA BOX;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEOSOMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; TATA BOX; TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034682077     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00134-7     Document Type: Article

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