A conserved motif present in a class of helix-loop-helix proteins activates transcription by direct recruitment of the SAGA complex

Molecular Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-73

  Massari, Mark Eben ^a   Grant, Patrick A ^b   Pray Grant, Marilyn G ^b   Berger, Shelley L ^c   Workman, Jerry L ^b   Murre, Cornelis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033166656     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80188-4     Document Type: Article

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