Repression of transcriptional activity of C/EBPα by E2F-dimerization partner complexes

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2293-2304

  Zaragoza, Katrin ^a   Bégay, Valérie ^a   Schuetz, Anja ^a   Heinemann, Udo ^a   Leutz, Achim ^a,b,c  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Berlin Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DP1;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SELECTION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA BINDING; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GRANULOPOIESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; KERATINOCYTE; LEUKEMOGENESIS; LIVER CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; MUTANT; MYELOID PROGENITOR CELL; PLACENTA; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RNA ISOLATION; TRANSACTIVATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN-ALPHA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA; E2F TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77950647654     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01619-09     Document Type: Article

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