The EBF/Olf/Collier family of transcription factors: Regulators of differentiation in cells originating from all three embryonal germ layers

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 8389-8397

  Liberg, David ^a   Sigvardsson, Mikael ^a   Åkerblad, Peter ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR COLLIER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EBF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OLF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CANCER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GERM LAYER; HUMAN; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; RAT; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADIPOCYTES; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0036892045     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.22.24.8389-8397.2002     Document Type: Short Survey

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