Functional characterization of the transactivation properties of the PDX-1 homeodomain protein

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 3987-3996

  Peshavaria, Mina ^a   Henderson, Eva ^a   Sharma, Arun ^a,b   Wright, Christopher V E ^a   Stein, Roland ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; INSULIN; SOMATOSTATIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRIXIS;

EID: 0031009805     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.7.3987     Document Type: Article

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