POU domain family values: Flexibility, partnerships, and developmental codes

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1207-1225

  Ryan, Aimee K ^a   Rosenfeld, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA CONTENT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE DISRUPTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOTONEURON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0030918673     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.10.1207     Document Type: Review

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