Molecular cloning and characterization of a human gene involved in transcriptional regulation of hTERT

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 324, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1324-1332

  Tang, Zhiwei ^a   Zhao, Yuanjun ^a   Mei, Fang ^a   Yang, Shaomin ^a   Li, Xuan ^a   Lv, Junjie ^a   Hou, Lin ^a   Zhang, Bo ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

hTERT; Telomerase; Transcription regulation; Yeast one hybrid

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TELOMERASE TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELEMENT INTERACTING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TEIF PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST; CELL LINE; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE COMPONENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TELOMERASE; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 14344259439     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.09.201     Document Type: Article

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