Activation properties of GAGA transcription factor

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1779, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 312-317

  Vaquero, Alejandro ^a,b   Blanch, Marta ^a   Espinás, M Lluïsa ^a   Bernués, Jordi ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drosophila; GAGA factor; Glutamine rich domain; Mechanism of activation; TATA box mutant

Indexed keywords

GAGA TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TATA BOX; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 43149103655     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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