Transcription factor Sp1 is essential for early embryonic development but dispensable for cell growth and differentiation

Cell

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 619-628

  Marin, Marisol ^a,b   Karis, Alar ^a   Visser, Pim ^a   Grosveld, Frank ^a   Philipsen, Sjaak ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 0030853287     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80243-3     Document Type: Article

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