Promoter competition as a mechanism of transcriptional interference mediated by retrotransposons

EMBO Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 3908-3916

  Conte, Caroline ^a   Dastugue, Bernard ^a   Vaury, Chantal ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Idefix; Promoter competition; Retrotransposons; Transcriptional interference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CONTROL; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM LINE; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; RETROPOSON; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RETROELEMENTS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0037099494     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf367     Document Type: Article

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