Cif150, a human cofactor for transcription factor IID-dependent initiator function

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 233-239

  Kaufmann, Jörg ^a,c   Ahrens, Katharina ^a   Koop, Ronald ^a   Smale, Stephen T ^b   Müller, Rolf ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DNA BINDING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TATA BOX;

DROSOPHILA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031973264     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.1.233     Document Type: Article

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