Germ cell nuclear factor: An orphan receptor with unexpected properties

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 800-810

  Greschik, Holger ^a,b   Schüle, Roland ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b TUMOR BIOLOGY CENTER   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell specific expression; DNA binding; Nuclear orphan receptor; Receptor dimerization; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; GERM CELL NUCLEAR FACTOR; NUCLEAR FACTOR; PROTAMINE; REPETITIVE DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE LOCATION; HORMONE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031772570     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001090050284     Document Type: Review

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