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Enhancers as Transcriptional Control Elements

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The Impact of Gene Transfer Techniques in Eukaryotic Cell Biology

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Understanding transcriptional control mechanisms is a major problem in molecular biology. Recent studies of the structure and function of a number of eukaryotic transcriptional units have brought to light several different controlling elements that play a part in the initiation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (Shenk 1981). One element with a number of surprising characteristics will be the focus of attention in this chapter. It is now commonly referred to as enhancer or activator.

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Gruss, P. (1984). Enhancers as Transcriptional Control Elements. In: Schell, J.S., Starlinger, P. (eds) The Impact of Gene Transfer Techniques in Eukaryotic Cell Biology. 35. Colloquium der Gesellschaft für Biologische Chemie 12.–14. April 1984 in Mosbach/Baden, vol 35. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70065-1_3

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