Cell-free conversion of a ubiquitous nuclear protein into a killer- cell-specific form that binds to the NF-P enhancer element of the mouse perforin gene

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 238, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 639-646

  Horta, Maria De Fátima ^a,b   Fu, Kok Chin ^a   Koizumi, Hirotaka ^a   Young, John Ding E ^a   Liu, Chau Ching ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

perforin; pore forming protein; transcription factor; transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PORIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ENHANCER REGION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030055177     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0639w.x     Document Type: Article

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