Combinatorial gene regulation by eukaryotic transcription factors

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 48-55

  Chen, Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0032848185     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(99)80007-4     Document Type: Article

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