Major histocompatibility complex class I core promoter elements are not essential for transcription in vivo

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 4395-4407

  Barbash, Zohar S ^a   Weissman, Jocelyn D ^a   Campbell, John A ^a   Mu Jr , Jie ^a   Singer, Dinah S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCAAT BINDING FACTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; GENERAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HISTONE H3; PROTEIN INITIATOR; PROTEIN TATAA; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA BINDING; SP1 BINDING SITE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; GENES, MHC CLASS I; HELA CELLS; HISTONES; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA POLYMERASE II; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84887002185     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: 10985549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00553-13     Document Type: Article

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