MCPH1/BRIT1 represses transcription of the human telomerase reverse transcriptase gene

Gene

Volumn 495, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Shi, Lei ^a,b   Li, Ming ^a,b   Su, Bing ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Microcephalin; Telomerase activity; Transcriptional repressor

Indexed keywords

MICROCEPHALIN 1; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE MAPPING; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HEK293 CELLS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TELOMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84862822771     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2011.12.053     Document Type: Article

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