Coactivation by OCA-B: Definition of critical regions and synergism with general cofactors

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 3803-3810

  Luo, Yan ^b   Ge, Hui ^a,b   Stevens, Sean ^b   Xiao, Hua ^b   Roeder, Robert G ^b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; DNA BINDING; DRUG POTENTIATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031835435     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.7.3803     Document Type: Article

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