Regulation of gene expression by small molecules

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6629, 1997, Pages 202-205

  Gottesfeld, Joel M ^a   Neely, Laura ^a   Trauger, John W ^b   Baird, Eldon E ^b   Dervan, Peter B ^b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 METHYLIMIDAZOLE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; POLYAMIDE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; RNA 5S; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; DNA; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMIDAZOLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NYLONS; PYRROLES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; RNA, TRANSFER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0030951207     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/387202a0     Document Type: Article

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