Gfi/Pag-3/senseless zinc finger proteins: A unifying theme?

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 8803-8812

  Jafar Nejad, Hamed ^a   Bellen, Hugo J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR INDEPENDENCE 1; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; PAG 3 PROTEIN; SENSELESS ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SHORT SURVEY; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

NASA DISCIPLINE DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4744356736     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.20.8803-8812.2004     Document Type: Short Survey

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