Brachyury-related transcription factor Tbx2 and repression of the melanocyte-specific TRP-1 promoter

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 5099-5108

  Carreira, S ^a   Dexter, T J ^a,b   Yavuzer, U ^a,c   Easty, D J ^a,d   Goding, C R ^a  

^a MARIE CURIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; MELANOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031812415     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.9.5099     Document Type: Article

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