Dependence of BSAP repressor and activator functions on BSAP concentration

Science

Volumn 279, Issue 5358, 1998, Pages 1961-1964

  Wallin, Jeffrey J ^a   Gackstetter, Edwin R ^a   Koshland, Marian Elliott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BINDING AFFINITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD19; B-CELL-SPECIFIC ACTIVATOR PROTEIN; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN J-CHAINS; MICE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMA CELLS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032549828     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.279.5358.1961     Document Type: Article

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