Mga, a dual-specificity transcription factor that interacts with Max and contains a T-domain DNA-binding motif

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 7019-7028

  Hurlin, Peter J ^a,b   Steingrìmsson, Eirìkur ^c,d   Copeland, Neal G ^c   Jenkins, Nancy A ^c   Eisenman, Robert N ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Research Center   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Brachyury; Max; Mesoderm; Mga; Tbx

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0343114455     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.24.7019     Document Type: Article

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