Rex-1, a gene encoding a transcription factor expressed in the early embryo, is regulated via Oct-3/4 and Oct-6 binding to an octamer site and a novel protein, Rox-1, binding to an adjacent site

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1866-1878

  Ben Shushan, Etti ^a   Thompson, James R ^b   Gudas, Lorraine J ^b   Bergman, Yehudit ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; RETINOIC ACID; ROX 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031949215     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.4.1866     Document Type: Article

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