Identification and characterization of a bidirectional promoter from the intergenic region between the human DDX13 and RD genes

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-53

  Seong Gene, Lee ^b   Song, Kyuyoung ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bidirectional Promoter; DDX13; Intergenic Region; RD

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HELICASE; HLA ANTIGEN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RDBP PROTEIN, HUMAN; SKIV2L PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA HELICASES; FEMALE; HELA CELLS; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0034728272     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10059-000-0047-z     Document Type: Article

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