Erythroid Kruppel-like factor (EKLF) contains a multifunctional transcriptional activation domain important for inter- and intramolecular interactions

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 5888-5896

  Chen, Xiaoyong ^a   Bieker, James J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

EKLF; Erythropoiesis; Proline rich domain; Transcription factor; globin synthesis

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA; ERYTHROID KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; ERYTHROID KRUPPEL-LIKE FACTOR; GLOBIN; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; PRIMER DNA; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ALLOSTERISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ERYTHROID CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ANIMAL; BINDING COMPETITION; BINDING SITE; CELL STRAIN COS1; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; COS CELLS; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GLOBINS; HUMANS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0029906977     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00975.x     Document Type: Article

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