The avian C/EBPγ gene encodes a highly conserved leucine zipper transcription factor

Gene

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 297-302

  Baglia, Laurel A ^a   Bowers, William J ^a   Ruddell, Alanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian leukosis virus; CCAAT enhancer binding protein; Long terminal repeat enhancer; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHICKEN; EXON; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOPRECIPITATION; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEINS; CHICKENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0030611166     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00016-4     Document Type: Article

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