Quantitative discrimination of MEF2 sites

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 437-441

  Fickett, James W ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BINDING SITES; BIOMETRY; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0029655429     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.1.437     Document Type: Article

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