Identification of the enhancer binding protein MBF-1 of the sea urchin modulator α-H2A histone gene

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 295, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 519-525

  Alessandro, Claudia ^a   Di Simone, Paola ^a   Buscaino, Alessia ^a   Anello, Letizia ^c   Palla, Franco ^c   Spinelli, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a Dipartimento di Biologia Cellulare e dello Sviluppo   (Italy)

^b Centro di Oncobiologia Sperimentale   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNA binding domain; Enhancer; Histone genes; Sea urchin; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DNA; HISTONE H2A; ISOPROTEIN; PROTEIN MBF 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING MOTIF; DNA LIBRARY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSACTIVATION; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; HISTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEA URCHINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 0036064774     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)00708-8     Document Type: Article

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