A novel, transformation-relevant activation domain in Fos proteins

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 537-544

  Funk, Martin ^a,b   Poensgen, Barbara ^a   Graulich, Wolff ^a   Jérôme, Valérie ^a   Müller, Rolf ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b MediGene AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RETROVIRUS; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS CELL TRANSFORMATION;

EID: 0031050012     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.2.537     Document Type: Article

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