Yin and yang of mediator function revealed by human mutants

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 48, 2012, Pages 19519-19520

  Berk, Arnold J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; MED12 PROTEIN; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CHROMATIN; DNA BINDING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HAPLOINSUFFICIENCY; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; LIGAND BINDING; LUJAN SYNDROME; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROCEPHALY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X LINKED MENTAL RETARDATION;

HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84870328328     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1217267109     Document Type: Note

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