The gypsy insulator can act as a promoter-specific transcriptional stimulator

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 7714-7720

  Wei, W ^a   Brennan, M D ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; DNA; GENE PRODUCT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CONTROL; LARVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETROELEMENTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034775472     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.21.22.7714-7720.2001     Document Type: Article

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