Role of hydrophobic amino acid clusters in the transactivation activity of the human glucocorticoid receptor

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 934-945

  Almlöf, Tova ^a   Gustafsson, Jan Åke ^a   Wright, Anthony P H ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE ACTIVATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MAMMAL CELL; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0040386484     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.2.934     Document Type: Article

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