Isolation and characterization of a third isoform of human hepatocyte nuclear factor 4

Gene

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 275-280

  Kritis, Aristidis A ^a   Argyrokastritis, Alexandros ^a   Moschonas, Nicholas K ^a,b   Power, Susan ^d   Katrakili, Nitsa ^a   Zannis, Vassilis I ^a,c   Cereghini, Silvia ^d   Talianidis, Iannis ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^b Department of Biology ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^e INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Liver; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL TYPE; CHROMOSOME 20; DIMERIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TRANSACTIVATION;

EID: 0030590359     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00183-7     Document Type: Article

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