Retinoid X receptor:vitamin D3 receptor heterodimers promote stable preinitiation complex formation and direct 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3- dependent cell-free transcription

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1923-1937

  Lemon, Bryan D ^a   Fondell, Joseph D ^b   Freedman, Leonard P ^a,c  

^a Weill Cornell Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALITRETINOIN; CALCITRIOL; COLECALCIFEROL; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; COMPLEX FORMATION; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030984225     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.4.1923     Document Type: Article

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