Mercuric ion inhibition of eukaryotic transcription factor binding to DNA

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1543-1550

  Rodgers, Justin S ^a   Hocker, James R ^a   Hanas, Rushie J ^a   Nwosu, Evelyn C ^a   Hanas, Jay S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cys2His2 protein motifs; DNA protein interactions; DNase I footprinting; Mercury toxicity; Restriction enzymes; Xenobiotics; Zinc fingers

Indexed keywords

CHICKEN OVALBUMIN UPSTREAM PROMOTER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA; MERCAPTOETHANOL; MERCURY; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; ZINC ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

ANIMALS; DNA; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; MERCURY; OVARY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZINC; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0035876961     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(01)00629-3     Document Type: Article

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