Nuclear factor-Y (NF-Y) regulates transcription of mouse Dmrt7 gene by binding to tandem CCAAT boxes in its proximal promoter

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 655-664

  Hou, Yu ^a   Zhou, Xiang ^a   Liu, Jie ^a   Yuan, Jia ^a   Cheng, Hanhua ^a   Zhou, Rongjia ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DM domain; Endocrinology; Spermatogenesis; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650547510     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.6.655     Document Type: Article

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