Two Proteins Bind to a Novel Motif in the Promoter of the Myelin Basic Protein Gene from Mouse

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 181-191

  Torron, Jose ^a   Ljubetic, Cecilia I ^b   Huang, Lijun ^b   Kimbro, K Sean ^c   Dyer, Charissa ^d   Saavedra, Raul A ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA protein interactions; Myelin basic protein gene; Regulation of gene expression

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL LINE; DNA PROBE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; DNA; DNA PROBES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0031158331     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02736832     Document Type: Article

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