Chromatin exposes intrinsic differences in the transcriptional activities of estrogen receptors α and β

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 600-611

  Cheung, Edwin ^a   Schwabish, Marc A ^a   Kraus, W Lee ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation domain; Chromatin; Estrogen; Estrogen receptor; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; RNA POLYMERASE II;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; GENETIC REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; RECEPTOR GENE; TARGET CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DNA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HELA CELLS; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 2; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0037415688     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg037     Document Type: Article

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