An inhibitor domain in Sp3 regulates its glutamine-rich activation domains

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 5659-5667

  Dennig, Jörg ^a   Beato, Miguel ^a   Suske, Guntram ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inhibitory domain; Repression; Sp1; Sp3; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLUTAMINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029902383     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00950.x     Document Type: Article

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