The α1-fetoprotein locus is activated by a nuclear receptor of the Drosophila FTZ-F1 family

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 3853-3865

  Galarneau, Luc ^a   Paré, Jean François ^a   Allard, Denis ^a   Hamel, Diane ^a   Lévesque, Lise ^a   Tugwood, Jonathan D ^b   Green, Stephen ^b   Bélanger, Luc ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CELL RECEPTOR; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; FETOPROTEIN TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FTZ PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; FUSHI TARAZU PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; NUCLEAR HORMONE RECEPTOR FTZ F1, DROSOPHILA; NUCLEAR HORMONE RECEPTOR FTZ-F1, DROSOPHILA; SERUM ALBUMIN; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; FETUS; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; RAT; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; XENOPUS;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL NUCLEUS; CHICKENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FUSHI TARAZU TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE LIBRARY; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; LIVER; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SERUM ALBUMIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS;

EID: 0029665596     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.16.7.3853     Document Type: Article

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