Functional domains of the transcription factor USF2: Atypical nuclear localization signals and context-dependent transcriptional activation domains

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1367-1375

  Luo, Xu ^a   Sawadogo, Michèle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONCOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; EXON; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0029868498     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.4.1367     Document Type: Article

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