Transcriptional activation and transformation by FosB protein require phosphorylation of the carboxyl-terminal activation domain

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2372-2380

  Skinner, Monica ^a   Qu, Shimian ^a   Moore, Connie ^a   Wisdom, Ron ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; ONCOPROTEIN; PROLINE; SERINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030901946     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.5.2372     Document Type: Article

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