Ptx1, a bicoid-related homeo box transcription factor involved in transcription of the pro-opiomelanocortin gene

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1284-1295

  Lamonerie, Thomas ^a   Tremblay, Jacques J ^a   Lanctôt, Christian ^a   Therrien, Marc ^a,b   Gauthier, Yves ^a   Drouin, Jacques ^a  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bicoid; cell specificity; homeo box; Pituitary; POMC; transcription

Indexed keywords

PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029939460     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.10.1284     Document Type: Article

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