Combinatorial control of gene expression

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 812-815

  Reményi, Attila ^a,b,d   Schöler, Hans R ^a,c   Wilmanns, Matthias ^b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOMEDICINE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY DNA SEQUENCE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; DIMERIZATION; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HMGB PROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-1; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 4344595718     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb820     Document Type: Review

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