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. 1979 Oct;76(10):5095–5099. doi: 10.1073/pnas.76.10.5095

RNA polymerase III transcriptional units are interspersed among human non-alpha-globin genes.

C Duncan, P A Biro, P V Choudary, J T Elder, R R Wang, B G Forget, J K de Riel, S M Weissman
PMCID: PMC413086  PMID: 388428

Abstract

Cloned human DNA fragments containing globin genes are transcribed in vitro to form discrete RNA species. One transcription unit is located approximately 1500 base pairs upstream from the G-gamma-globin gene. This transcript is partially homologous to a polymerase III template located approximately 1000 base pairs upstream from the delta-globin gene and to DNA located a short distance downstream from the beta-globin gene.

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