Transcriptional regulation of the human LINE-1 retrotransposon L1.2B

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 270, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 394-402

  Steinhoff, C ^a,b   Schulz, W A ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA; LINE (Long Interspersed nuclear Element) Repetitive element; Methylation; Transcriptional repression

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CELL KILLING; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL TYPE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA METHYLATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; RETROPOSON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR CELL;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0346373737     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-003-0931-2     Document Type: Article

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