Assembly of functional regulatory complexes on MHC class II promoters in vivo

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 270, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 336-345

  Fontes, Joseph D ^a   Jabrane Ferrat, Nabila ^a   Peterlin, B Matija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Class II MHC; DRA; Promoter assembly; RFX; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; HERPES; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0031577261     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1121     Document Type: Article

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