Regulation of WT1 by phosphorylation: Inhibition of DNA binding, alteration of transcriptional activity and cellular translocation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 5606-5615

  Ye, Ying ^a   Raychaudhuri, Baisakhi ^a   Gurney, Austin ^b   Campbell, Christine E ^a   Williams, Bryan R G ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular translocation; DNA binding; Phosphorylation; Transcription factor; Wilms tumor

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BUCLADESINE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029853390     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00945.x     Document Type: Article

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