POU family transcription factors in the nervous system

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 126-133

  Latchman, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN 3 A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR UNC 86; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; B LYMPHOCYTE; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HOST CELL FACTOR C1; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-1; POU DOMAIN FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT-1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032935739     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4652(199905)179:2<126::AID-JCP2>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Review

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