GATA transcription factors associate with a novel class of nuclear bodies in erythroblasts and megakaryocytes

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 319-333

  Elefanty, Andrew G ^a,b   Antoniou, Michael ^a,c   Custodio, Noelia ^d   Carmo Fonseca, Maria ^d   Grosveld, Frank G ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

GATA proteins; Nuclear bodies; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; ERYTHROBLAST; ERYTHROLEUKEMIA CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MEGAKARYOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0030068286     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00362.x     Document Type: Article

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