Restructured transactivation domain in hamster AH receptor

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 272-281

  Korkalainen, Merja ^a   Tuomisto, Jouko ^a   Pohjanvirta, Raimo ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin; Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Cloning; Hamster; Species differences; TCDD; Transactivation

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; GLUTAMINE; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; HAMSTER; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSACTIVATION;

EID: 0034709602     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2931     Document Type: Article

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