Helix-loop-helix proteins: Regulators of transcription in eucaryotic organisms

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 429-440

  Massari, Mark Eben ^a   Murre, Cornelis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEX DETERMINATION; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMANS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033980393     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.2.429-440.2000     Document Type: Short Survey

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