Cell transformation mediated by homodimeric E2A-HLF transcription factors

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1417-1424

  Inukai, Takeshi ^a   Inaba, Toshiya ^a,c   Yoshihara, Takao ^a   Look, A Thomas ^a,b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DIMERIZATION; DNA TRANSFECTION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE FUSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; RNA TRANSLATION;

ANIMALIA; ERAGROSTIS TEF; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0031029142     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.3.1417     Document Type: Article

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