A 165-base pair sequence between the dihydrofolate reductase gene and the divergently transcribed upstream gene is sufficient for bidirectional transcriptional activity.

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Published in J Biol Chem on December 05, 1989

Authors

T Shimada1, H Fujii, H Lin

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1: Clinical Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.

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