The AD1 transactivation domain of E2A contains a highly conserved helix which is required for its activity in both Saccharomyces cerevisiae and mammalian cells

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 121-129

  Massari, Mark E ^a   Jennings, Patricia A ^a   Murre, Cornelis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSACTIVATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029655318     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.1.121     Document Type: Article

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