Functional analysis of the human MCL-1 gene

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 684-691

  Akgul, C ^a   Turner, P C ^a   White, M R H ^a   Edwards, S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2 family; Luciferase; Neutrophil; Promoter; Transcription; U 937

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME 1; CLONE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0034071930     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00000728     Document Type: Article

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