Major Egr3 isoforms are generated via alternate translation start sites and differ in their abilities to activate transcription

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 4711-4718

  O'Donovan, Kevin J ^a   Baraban, Jay M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033056080     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.7.4711     Document Type: Article

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