The functionally antagonistic POU family transcription factors Brn-3a and Brn-3b show opposite changes in expression during the growth arrest and differentiation of human neuroblastoma cells

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 653-660

  Smith, Martin D ^a   Latchman, David S ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROBLASTOMA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; THYMIDINE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0029764545     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960904)67:5<653::AID-IJC11>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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