Transcriptional repression by the zinc finger protein REST is mediated by titratable nuclear factors

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1937-1946

  Leichter, Michael ^a   Thiel, Gerald ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

KRAB; Protein protein interaction; REST; Thyroid hormone receptor; Transcriptional repression

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; NUCLEAR FACTOR; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; TITRIMETRY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033008764     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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