Beyond the balance of activator and repressor

Science Signaling

Volumn 4, Issue 176, 2011, Pages

  Whitington, Thomas ^a   Jolma, Arttu ^a,b   Taipale, Jussi ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HEMOSTASIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CUBITUS INTERRUPTUS; ERINACEIDAE;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEMOSTASIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79958207837     PISSN: 19450877     EISSN: 19379145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.2002183     Document Type: Review

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