DNA-binding and transcriptional activities of human HSF4 containing mutations that associate with congenital and age-related cataracts

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease

Volumn 1802, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 749-753

  Enoki, Yasuaki ^a   Mukoda, Yuka ^a   Furutani, Chie ^a   Sakurai, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age related cataract; Beaded filament structural protein; Congenital cataract; Crystallin; HSF4

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN FACTOR HSF4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATARACT; DNA BINDING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTANT; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 77954958972     PISSN: 09254439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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