Reversible activation of mouse metal response element-binding transcription factor 1 DNA binding involves zinc interaction with the zinc finger domain

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2781-2789

  Dalton, Tim P ^a,b   Bittel, Doug ^a   Andrews, Glen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CHELATING AGENT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EDETIC ACID; METALLOTHIONEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DELETION MUTANT; DNA BINDING; DOG; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METAL BINDING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0030909001     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.5.2781     Document Type: Article

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