Nucleoplasmic lamins and their interaction partners, LAP2α, Rb, and BAF, in transcriptional regulation

FEBS Journal

Volumn 274, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1362-1373

  Dorner, Daniela ^a   Gotzmann, Josef ^a   Foisner, Roland ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

BAF; Cell cycle; Chromatin organization; Epigenetics; Lamina associated proteins; Laminopathies; Lamins; LEM domain; Nuclear architecture

Indexed keywords

BARRIER AUTOINTEGRATION FACTOR; LAMIN; LAMIN A; LAMIN C; LAMINA ASSOCIATED POLYPEPTIDE 2 ALPHA; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BINDING AFFINITY; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CHROMATIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LAMINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33847412787     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05695.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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