Physiological function of the orphans GCNF and COUP-TF

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 247-251

  Cooney, Austin J ^a   Lee, Christopher T ^a   Lin, Song Chang ^a   Tsai, Sophia Y ^a   Tsai, Ming Jer ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; CHICKEN OVALBUMIN UPSTREAM PROMOTER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NR6A1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; STEROID RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTAGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; COUP TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTAGENESIS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, STEROID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0035432901     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-2760(01)00424-6     Document Type: Review

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