Binding of ETS family members is important for the function of the c- sis/platelet-derived growth factor-B TATA neighboring sequence in 12-O- tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-treated K562 cells

Cell Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 523-534

  Kujoth, Gregory C ^a,b   Robinson, Donald F ^a   Fahl, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRAIN K 562; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; REPORTER GENE;

EID: 0031818534     PISSN: 10449523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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