Pairing SOX off: With partners in the regulation of embryonic development

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 182-187

  Kamachi, Yusuke ^a   Uchikawa, Masanori ^a   Kondoh, Hisato ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARTILAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN VARIANT; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; HMGB PROTEINS; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0034175998     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(99)01955-1     Document Type: Review

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