An overview of the basic helix-loop-helix proteins

Genome Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Jones, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; MAX PROTEIN; MYC PROTEIN; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIC FACTOR 5; ONCOPROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING MOTIF; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EUKARYOTE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTO ONCOGENE; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 4043141372     PISSN: 14656906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2004-5-6-226     Document Type: Review

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