RREB-1, a novel zinc finger protein, is involved in the differentiation response to Ras in human medullary thyroid carcinomas

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 5335-5345

  Thiagalingam, Arunthathi ^a   De Bustros, Andrée ^a,b   Borges, Michael ^a   Jasti, Rajani ^a   Compton, Debra ^a,c   Diamond, Lara ^a   Mabry, Mack ^a   Ball, Douglas W ^a   Baylin, Stephen B ^a   Nelkin, Barry D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; MESSENGER RNA; RAF PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ONCOGENE RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA;

EID: 10144220638     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.10.5335     Document Type: Article

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