A role for a bent DNA structure in E2F-mediated transcription activation

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2119-2127

  Cress, W Douglas ^a,b   Nevins, Joseph R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F;

ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; DNA BINDING; DNA STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029880350     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.5.2119     Document Type: Article

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