HEB, a Helix-Loop-Helix Protein Related to E2A and ITF2 That Can Modulate the DNA-Binding Ability of Myogenic Regulatory Factors

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 1031-1042

  Hu, Jing Shan ^a,b   Olson, Eric N ^c   Kingston, Robert E ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MESSENGER RNA; MUSCLE PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THYMUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOGENIN; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PRECIPITIN TESTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0026512017     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.12.3.1031     Document Type: Article

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