CBP-independent activation of CREM and CREB by the LIM-only protein ACT

Nature

Volumn 398, Issue 6723, 1999, Pages 165-169

  Fimia, Gian Maria ^a   De Cesare, Dario ^a   Sassone Corsi, Paolo ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COS CELLS; CREB-BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT MODULATOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SERINE; TESTIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; YEASTS; ZINC FINGERS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033545640     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/18237     Document Type: Article

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