A direct contact between the Dorsal rel homology domain and twist may mediate transcriptional synergy

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 3345-3355

  Shirokawa, Jill M ^a   Courey, Albert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MORPHOGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MESODERM; NEUROECTODERM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 0030911386     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.6.3345     Document Type: Article

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