Highly conserved asparagine in the basic domain of Myc is dispensable for DNA binding, transformation, and apoptosis

Biochemical and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 102-107

  Bodis, Stephan ^a,b   Hemesath, Timothy ^a   Fisher, David E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARAGINE; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; PALINDROMIC DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO; FIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C MYC; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031127820     PISSN: 10773150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bmme.1997.2575     Document Type: Article

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