ETS-mediated cooperation between basic helix-loop-helix motifs of the immunoglobulin μ heavy-chain gene enhancer

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1477-1488

  Dang, Wei ^a   Sun, Xiao Hong ^b   Sen, Ranjan ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU CHAIN;

ARTICLE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031886055     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.3.1477     Document Type: Article

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