The mechanism of phosphorylation-inducible activation of the ETS-domain transcription factor Elk-1

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 5666-5674

  Yang, Shen Hsi ^a,b   Shore, Paul ^a,b   Willingham, Nicola ^a   Lakey, Jeremy H ^a   Sharrocks, Andrew D ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conformational change; Elk 1; ETS domain; Phosphorylation; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

DNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLOSTERISM; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ETS-DOMAIN PROTEIN ELK-1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033570227     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.20.5666     Document Type: Article

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