Specific binding of the ETS-domain protein to the interferon-stimulated response element

Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Rutherford, Michael N ^a,b   Kumar, Aseem ^a,c   Haque, S Jaharul ^c   Ghysdael, Jacques ^d   Williams, Bryan R G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ELONGATION FACTOR TS; INTERFERON; ONCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE TARGETING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTO ONCOGENE; REPORTER GENE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0031046641     PISSN: 10799907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jir.1997.17.1     Document Type: Article

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