Transcriptional cofactors of the FOG family interact with GATA proteins by means of multiple zinc fingers

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2812-2822

  Fox, Archa H ^a   Liew, Chu ^a   Holmes, Melissa ^a   Kowalski, Kasper ^a   Mackay, Joel ^a   Crossley, Merlin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

FOG; GATA 1; Gene expression; Transcription; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ERYTHROID-SPECIFIC DNA-BINDING FACTORS; GATA1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; YEASTS; ZINC FINGERS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033577703     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.10.2812     Document Type: Article

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