Myc-Max heterodimers activate a DEAD box gene and interact with multiple E box-related sites in vivo

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 4344-4357

  Grandori, Carla ^a   Mac, Jaclynn ^a   Siëbelt, Friederike ^a,b   Ayer, Donald E ^a   Eisenman, Robert N ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b Inst of Virology and Immunobiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatin immunoprecipitation; Myc target genes; RNA helicase

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MYC PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; RNA HELICASE;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; FIBROBLAST; GENE ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029757618     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00808.x     Document Type: Article

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