CCAAT-binding factor NF-Y and RFX are required for in vivo assembly of a nucleoprotein complex that spans 250 base pairs: The invariant chain promoter as a model

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 4589-4596

  Linhoff, Michael W ^a   Wright, Kenneth L ^a   Ting, Jenny P Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; NUCLEAR FACTOR; NUCLEAR FACTOR Y; NUCLEOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING AFFINITY; DNA BINDING; DNA FOOTPRINTING; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION;

EID: 0030743394     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.8.4589     Document Type: Article

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