RNA polymerase II promoter-proximal pausing upregulates c-fos gene expression

Gene

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 185-194

  Fivaz, J ^a   Bassi, M C ^a   Pinaud, S ^a   Mirkovitch, J ^a  

^a SWISS INST FOR EXP CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

c fos; EBV episome; Pausing; RNA polymerase II; Transcription

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPISOME; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL; CELL LINE; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMAN; JURKAT CELLS; LUCIFERASE; MICE; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0034687134     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00340-1     Document Type: Article

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