Regulation of life and death by the zinc finger transcription factor Egr-1

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 287-292

  Thiel, Gerald ^a   Cibelli, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EGR 1; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0036888651     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.10178     Document Type: Review

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