Cloning and characterization of the murine genes for bHlH-ZIP transcription factors TFEC and TFEB reveal a common gene organization for all MiT subfamily members

Genomics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-120

  Rehli, Michael ^a   Den Elzen, Nicole ^a   Cassady, A Ian ^a   Ostrowski, Michael C ^b   Hume, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; MICROPHTHALMIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0033557439     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1998.5588     Document Type: Article

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