Ah receptor, a novel ligand-activated transcription factor

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1075-1079

  Sogawa, Kazuhiro ^a   Fujii Kuriyama, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

bHLH domain; Carcinogenesis; PAS domain; Transcription factor; Xenobiotics

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHROME P450; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL NUCLEUS; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR CLONING; REVIEW;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031474716     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021864     Document Type: Review

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