A unique trans activation sequence motif is found in the carboxyl-terminal domain of the single-strand-binding protein FBP

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2274-2282

  Duncan, Robert ^a,b   Collins, Irene ^a   Tomonaga, Takeshi ^a   Zhang, Tian ^a   Levens, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DELETION MUTANT; DNA BINDING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTO ONCOGENE; REPORTER GENE; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TATA BOX; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; TYROSINE;

EID: 0029913618     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.5.2274     Document Type: Article

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