USF as a key regulatory element of gene expression;USF: Un régulateur essentiel de la transcription

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 62-67

  Corre, Sébastien ^a   Galibert, Marie Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 1; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; DNA; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN P53; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTOR 1; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTOR 2;

CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; E BOX ELEMENT; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MELANOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 31144468523     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/medsci/200622162     Document Type: Review

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