The POU domain: Versatility in transcriptional regulation by a flexible two-in-one DNA-binding domain

Genes and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 14, 1995, Pages 1679-1693

  Herr, Winship ^a   Cleary, Michele A ^a,b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029124988     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.9.14.1679     Document Type: Review

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