Dual roles of c-Myc in the regulation of hTERT gene

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 10385-10398

  Zhao, Yuanjun ^a   Cheng, De ^a,b   Wang, Shuwen ^a,b   Zhu, Jiyue ^a,b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE DEACETYLASE; MAX PROTEIN; MYC PROTEIN; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTOR 1; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTOR 2; CHROMATIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE; MYC PROTEIN, HUMAN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TELOMERASE; TERT PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HTERT GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; E BOX ELEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; E-BOX ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONES; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TELOMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84921334204     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku721     Document Type: Article

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