Overlapping expression of early B-cell factor and basic helix-loop-helix proteins as a mechanism to dictate B-lineage-specific activity of the λ5 promoter

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 3640-3654

  Sigvardsson, Mikael ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL LINEAGE; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MYOD PROTEIN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0034099044     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.10.3640-3654.2000     Document Type: Article

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