Aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated signal transduction

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 109-134

  Rowlands, J Craig ^a,b   Gustafsson, Jan Åke ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ARNT; Basic helix loop helix (bHLH) protein; Dioxin receptor; Halogenated aromatic hydrocarbon; PAS domain; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CARRIER PROTEIN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030888748     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10408449709021615     Document Type: Review

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