Catfish Oct2 binding affinity and functional preference for octamer motifs, and interaction with OBF-1

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 199-211

  Ross, David A ^a   Lyles, Michelle ^b   Ledford, Barry E ^a   Magor, Bradley G ^a   Wilson, Melanie R ^c   Miller, Norman W ^c   Clem, L William ^c   Middleton, Darlene A ^a   Warr, Gregory W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Ste 100 ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catfish; OBF 1; Oct2; Octamer transcription factors; POU domain

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DNA BINDING; ENHANCER REGION; FISH; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; LYMPHOCYTE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0033051720     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(99)00007-5     Document Type: Article

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