Molecular mechanisms of COUP-TF-mediated transcriptional repression: Evidence for transrepression and active repression

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2332-2340

  Leng, X ^a,b   Cooney, A J ^a   Tsai, S Y ^a   Tsai, M J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Galderma Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; L CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029924036     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.5.2332     Document Type: Article

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