Activation mechanism of the multifunctional transcription factor repressor-activator protein 1 (Rap1p)

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3187-3196

  Drazinic, Carolyn M ^a   Smerage, Jeffrey B ^a   Cecilia Lopez M ^a   Baker, Henry V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOLYTIC ENZYME; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REPRESSOR ACTIVATOR PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSACTIVATION;

EID: 0030001055     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.6.3187     Document Type: Article

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