The transcriptional activator hepatocyte nuclear factor 6 regulates liver gene expression

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 6273-6284

  Samadani, Uzma ^a   Costa, Robert H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR FACTOR I;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029824047     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.11.6273     Document Type: Article

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