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Enhancer Elements, Genetic

Known as: Enhancer Element, Enhancer Element, Genetic, Genetic Enhancer Element 
Cis-acting DNA sequences which can increase transcription of genes. Enhancers can usually function in either orientation and at various distances… 
National Institutes of Health

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Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
aspects of radiation effectsphysiological aspects

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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
The products of the yeast MMS2 and two human homologs (hMMS2 and CROC-1) define a structurally and functionally conserved Ubc-like protein family.
Eukaryotic genes encoding ubiquitin-congugating enzyme (Ubc)-like proteins have been isolated from both human and yeast cells… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
A T-cell-specific transcriptional enhancer element 3' of C alpha in the human T-cell receptor alpha locus.
A transcriptional enhancer element has been identified 4.5 kilobases 3' of C alpha (constant region alpha chain) in the human T… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
A yeast activity can substitute for the HeLa cell TATA box factor
Most class B (II) promoter regions from higher eukaryotes contain the TATA box and upstream and enhancer elements1. Both the… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Zeste encodes a sequence-specific transcription factor that activates the Ultrabithorax promoter in vitro
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Enhancer and promoter elements directing activation and glucocorticoid repression of the alpha 1-fetoprotein gene in hepatocytes
Mutations were introduced in 7 kilobases of 5'-flanking rat alpha 1-fetoprotein (AFP) genomic DNA, linked to the chloramphenicol… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
OVEC, a versatile system to study transcription in mammalian cells and cell-free extracts.
We have developed a vector, OVEC ("oligonucleotide vector") to study DNA sequences involved in the regulation of transcription in… 
Review
1987
Review
1987
A transcription factor which binds to the enhancers of SV40, immunoglobulin heavy chain and U2 snRNA genes
In eukaryotes the transcriptional control of RNA polymerase II-mediated gene expression is exerted by cis-acting regulatory DNA… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Interaction of a common factor with conserved promoter and enhancer sequences in histone H2B, immunoglobulin, and U2 small nuclear RNA (snRNA) genes.
We have examined the interaction of factors in HeLa cell nuclear extracts with a human histone H2B gene (H2B) promoter. Protein… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Preferential binding of estrogen-receptor complex to a region containing the estrogen-dependent hypomethylation site preceding the chicken vitellogenin II gene.
DNA-cellulose competition binding assays were used to measure the ability of cloned DNA fragments of the chicken vitellogenin II… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
cis and trans activation of globin gene transcription in transient assays.
We examined the effects of the simian virus 40 enhancer sequence on transcription of cloned human alpha- and beta-globin genes… 
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