The 5′-untranslated RNA of the human dhfr minor transcript alters transcription pre-initiation complex assembly at the major (core) promoter

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 165-180

  Blume, Scott W ^a,b   Meng, Zheng ^a   Shrestha, Kedar ^a   Snyder, Richard C ^a   Emanuel, Peter D ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

5 UTR; Dihydrofolate reductase; G C box; promoters arranged in series (tandem); Quadruplex; Sp3; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DNA; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP3; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; DNA BINDING; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, MESSENGER; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SP3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0037215382     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.10326     Document Type: Review

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