Contents: April 1998, Volume 18, Issue 4        Gene Expression        Transcriptional Regulation        Cell Growth and Development        Cell and Organelle Structure and Assembly        Dna Dynamics and Chromosome Structure        Errata Other Issues

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Gene Expression:

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Interaction between Subunits of Heterodimeric Splicing Factor U2AF Is Essential In Vivo David Z. Rudner, Roland Kanaar, Kevin S. Breger, and Donald C. Rio Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 1765-1773; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiple Developmental Requirements of Noisette, the Drosophila Homolog of the U2 snRNP-Associated Polypeptide SF3a60 Valérie Meyer, Brian Oliver, and Daniel Pauli Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 1835-1843; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anisomycin Selectively Desensitizes Signalling Components Involved in Stress Kinase Activation and fos and jun Induction Catherine A. Hazzalin, Rozen Le Panse, Eva Cano, and Louis C. Mahadevan Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 1844-1854; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dbp6p Is an Essential Putative ATP-Dependent RNA Helicase Required for 60S-Ribosomal-Subunit Assembly in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Dieter Kressler, Jesús de la Cruz, Manuel Rojo, and Patrick Linder Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 1855-1865; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Absence of Enhancer Competition between Igf2 and H19 following Transfer into Differentiated Cells Andrea L. Webber and Shirley M. Tilghman Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 1903-1910; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Differential Screen for Ligand-Regulated Genes: Identification of HoxA10 as a Target of Vitamin D3 Induction in Myeloid Leukemic Cells Nynke Y. Rots, Min Liu, Eric C. Anderson, and Leonard P. Freedman Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 1911-1918; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Hepatitis Delta Virus RNA Editing Is Highly Specific for the Amber/W Site and Is Suppressed by Hepatitis Delta Antigen Andrew G. Polson, Herbert L. Ley, III, Brenda L. Bass, and John L. Casey Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 1919-1926; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interactions within the Yeast Sm Core Complex: from Proteins to Amino Acids Alain Camasses, Elisabeth Bragado-Nilsson, Robert Martin, Bertrand Séraphin, and Rémy Bordonné Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 1956-1966; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Synthetic Lethality of Yeast slt Mutations with U2 Small Nuclear RNA Mutations Suggests Functional Interactions between U2 and U5 snRNPs That Are Important for Both Steps of Pre-mRNA Splicing Deming Xu, Deborah J. Field, Shou-Jiang Tang, Arnaud Moris, Brian P. Bobechko, and James D. Friesen Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2055-2066; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Snt309p, a Component of the Prp19p-Associated Complex That Interacts with Prp19p and Associates with the Spliceosome Simultaneously with or Immediately after Dissociation of U4 in the Same Manner as Prp19p Hau-Ren Chen, Shr-Peng Jan, Twee Y. Tsao, Yi-Jun Sheu, Josette Banroques, and Soo-Chen Cheng Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2196-2204; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An Intronic Sequence Element Mediates Both Activation and Repression of Rat Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 2 Pre-mRNA Splicing Russ P. Carstens, Wallace L. McKeehan, and Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2205-2217; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Tomato Hsf System: HsfA2 Needs Interaction with HsfA1 for Efficient Nuclear Import and May Be Localized in Cytoplasmic Heat Stress Granules Klaus-Dieter Scharf, Harald Heider, Ingo Höhfeld, Ruth Lyck, Enrico Schmidt, and Lutz Nover Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2240-2251; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Autophosphorylation in the Activation Loop Is Required for Full Kinase Activity In Vivo of Human and Yeast Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2 Kinases PKR and GCN2 Patrick R. Romano, Minerva T. Garcia-Barrio, Xiaolong Zhang, Qizhi Wang, Deborah R. Taylor, Fan Zhang, Christopher Herring, Michael B. Mathews, Jun Qin, and Alan G. Hinnebusch Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2282-2297; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Yeast 18S rRNA Dimethylase Dim1p: a Quality Control Mechanism in Ribosome Synthesis? Denis L. J. Lafontaine, Thomas Preiss, and David Tollervey Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2360-2370; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Transcriptional Activation by Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 Tax Mutants Is Mediated by Distinct Interactions with CREB Binding Protein and p300 Françoise Bex, Min-Jean Yin, Arsène Burny, and Richard B. Gaynor Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2392-2405; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Transcriptional Regulation:

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SWI-SNF Complex Participation in Transcriptional Activation at a Step Subsequent to Activator Binding Michael P. Ryan, Rachael Jones, and Randall H. Morse Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 1774-1782; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rex-1, a Gene Encoding a Transcription Factor Expressed in the Early Embryo, Is Regulated via Oct-3/4 and Oct-6 Binding to an Octamer Site and a Novel Protein, Rox-1, Binding to an Adjacent Site Etti Ben-Shushan, James R. Thompson, Lorraine J. Gudas, and Yehudit Bergman Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 1866-1878; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Analysis of Mot3, a Zinc Finger Protein That Binds to the Retrotransposon Ty Long Terminal Repeat () in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Jon M. Madison, Aimée M. Dudley, and Fred Winston Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 1879-1890; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Estrogen Response Elements Function as Allosteric Modulators of Estrogen Receptor Conformation Jennifer R. Wood, Geoffrey L. Greene, and Ann M. Nardulli Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 1927-1934; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the Interaction of the Novel RNA Polymerase II (pol II) Subunit hsRPB4 with Its Partner hsRPB7 and with pol II Vladimir Khazak, Joanne Estojak, Helen Cho, Jenifer Majors, Gonosuke Sonoda, Joseph R. Testa, and Erica A. Golemis Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 1935-1945; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

pp90rsk1 Regulates Estrogen Receptor-Mediated Transcription through Phosphorylation of Ser-167 Peteranne B. Joel, Jeffrey Smith, Thomas W. Sturgill, Tracey L. Fisher, John Blenis, and Deborah A. Lannigan Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 1978-1984; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiple and Distinct Activation and Repression Sequences Mediate the Regulated Transcription of IME1, a Transcriptional Activator of Meiosis-Specific Genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Shira Sagee, Amir Sherman, Galit Shenhar, Kenneth Robzyk, Noa Ben-Doy, Giora Simchen, and Yona Kassir Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 1985-1995; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lens-Specific Gene Recruitment of -Crystallin through Pax6, Nrl-Maf, and Brain Suppressor Sites Ronit Sharon-Friling, Jill Richardson, Sally Sperbeck, Douglas Lee, Michael Rauchman, Richard Maas, Anand Swaroop, and Graeme Wistow Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2067-2076; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

NF-B2 Is a Putative Target Gene of Activated Notch-1 via RBP-J Franz Oswald, Susanne Liptay, Guido Adler, and Roland M. Schmid Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2077-2088; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin-6-Specific Activation of the C/EBP Gene in Hepatocytes Is Mediated by Stat3 and Sp1 Carrie A. Cantwell, Esta Sterneck, and Peter F. Johnson Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2108-2117; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Schizosaccharomyces pombe mei4+ Gene Encodes a Meiosis-Specific Transcription Factor Containing a forkhead DNA-Binding Domain S. Horie, Y. Watanabe, K. Tanaka, S. Nishiwaki, H. Fujioka, H. Abe, M. Yamamoto, and C. Shimoda Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2118-2129; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functions of the N- and C-Terminal Domains of Human RAP74 in Transcriptional Initiation, Elongation, and Recycling of RNA Polymerase II Lei Lei, Delin Ren, Ann Finkelstein, and Zachary F. Burton Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2130-2142; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of BCE-1, a Transcriptional Enhancer Regulated by Prolactin and Extracellular Matrix and Modulated by the State of Histone Acetylation Connie A. Myers, Christian Schmidhauser, Julia Mellentin-Michelotti, Gilberto Fragoso, Calvin D. Roskelley, Gerald Casperson, Romina Mossi, Philippe Pujuguet, Gordon Hager, and Mina J. Bissell Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2184-2195; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Role for CREB Binding Protein and p300 Transcriptional Coactivators in Ets-1 Transactivation Functions Cheng Yang, Linda H. Shapiro, Morris Rivera, Alok Kumar, and Paul K. Brindle Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2218-2229; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Notch Inhibition of E47 Supports the Existence of a Novel Signaling Pathway Peter Ordentlich, Arthur Lin, Chun-Pyn Shen, Chris Blaumueller, Kenji Matsuno, Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas, and Tom Kadesch Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2230-2239; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adf-1 Is a Nonmodular Transcription Factor That Contains a TAF-Binding Myb-Like Motif Gene Cutler, Kathleen M. Perry, and Robert Tjian Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2252-2261; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cell Growth and Development:

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Characterization of Stat5a and Stat5b Homodimers and Heterodimers and Their Association with the Glucocortiocoid Receptor in Mammary Cells Nathalie Cella, Bernd Groner, and Nancy E. Hynes Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 1783-1792; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inactivation of p16 in Human Mammary Epithelial Cells by CpG Island Methylation Scott A. Foster, David J. Wong, Michael T. Barrett, and Denise A. Galloway Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 1793-1801; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protein Kinase B Activation and Lamellipodium Formation Are Independent Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase-Mediated Events Differentially Regulated by Endogenous Ras David H. J. van Weering, Johan de Rooij, Barbara Marte, Julian Downward, Johannes L. Bos, and Boudewijn M. T. Burgering Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 1802-1811; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mechanisms of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inactivation by Progestins Elizabeth A. Musgrove, Alexander Swarbrick, Christine S. L. Lee, Ann L. Cornish, and Robert L. Sutherland Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 1812-1825; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nerve Growth Factor Activates Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase and p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathways To Stimulate CREB Serine 133 Phosphorylation Jun Xing, Jon M. Kornhauser, Zhengui Xia, Elizabeth A. Thiele, and Michael E. Greenberg Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 1946-1955; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protein Serine/Threonine Phosphatase Ptc2p Negatively Regulates the Unfolded-Protein Response by Dephosphorylating Ire1p Kinase Ajith A. Welihinda, Witoon Tirasophon, Sarah R. Green, and Randal J. Kaufman Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 1967-1977; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stat Proteins Control Lymphocyte Proliferation by Regulating p27Kip1 Expression Mark H. Kaplan, Carla Daniel, Ulrike Schindler, and Michael J. Grusby Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 1996-2003; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Effects of Light and Heat on the Drosophila Circadian Clock Proteins PER and TIM David Sidote, John Majercak, Vaishali Parikh, and Isaac Edery Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2004-2013; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Activation of Src Family Members Is Not Required for the Platelet-Derived Growth Factor  Receptor To Initiate Mitogenesis Kris A. DeMali and Andrius Kazlauskas Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2014-2022; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Heat-Sensitive Arabidopsis thaliana Kinase Substitutes for Human p70s6k Function In Vivo Franziska Turck, Sara C. Kozma, George Thomas, and Ferenc Nagy Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2038-2044; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

SHP-1 Binds and Negatively Modulates the c-Kit Receptor by Interaction with Tyrosine 569 in the c-Kit Juxtamembrane Domain Maya Kozlowski, Louise Larose, Fai Lee, Duc Mingh Le, Robert Rottapel, and Katherine A. Siminovitch Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2089-2099; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DBF2 Protein Kinase Binds to and Acts through the Cell Cycle-Regulated MOB1 Protein Svetlana I. Komarnitsky, Yueh-Chin Chiang, Francis C. Luca, Junji Chen, Jeremy H. Toyn, Mark Winey, Leland H. Johnston, and Clyde L. Denis Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2100-2107; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Akt, a Target of Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase, Inhibits Apoptosis in a Differentiating Neuronal Cell Line Eva M. Eves, Wen Xiong, Alfonso Bellacosa, Scott G. Kennedy, Philip N. Tsichlis, Marsha Rich Rosner, and Nissim Hay Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2143-2152; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Conserved Negative Regulatory Region in PAK: Inhibition of PAK Kinases Reveals Their Morphological Roles Downstream of Cdc42 and Rac1 Zhou-Shen Zhao, Edward Manser, Xiang-Qun Chen, Claire Chong, Thomas Leung, and Louis Lim Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2153-2163; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phosphorylation of the Kinase Homology Domain Is Essential for Activation of the A-Type Natriuretic Peptide Receptor Lincoln R. Potter and Tony Hunter Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2164-2172; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sequence Divergence in the 3' Untranslated Regions of Human - and -Globin mRNAs Mediates a Difference in Their Stabilities and Contributes to Efficient -to- Gene Developmental Switching J. Eric Russell, Julia Morales, Aleksandr V. Makeyev, and Stephen A. Liebhaber Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2173-2183; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Raf and Fibroblast Growth Factor Phosphorylate Elk1 and Activate the Serum Response Element of the Immediate Early Gene pip92 by Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase-Independent as Well as -Dependent Signaling Pathways Kwang-Chul Chung, Ignatius Gomes, Danhui Wang, Lester F. Lau, and Marsha Rich Rosner Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2272-2281; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Shc and Enigma Are Both Required for Mitogenic Signaling by Ret/ptc2 Kyle Durick, Gordon N. Gill, and Susan S. Taylor Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2298-2308; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Notch1 and Notch2 Inhibit Myeloid Differentiation in Response to Different Cytokines Anna Bigas, David I. K. Martin, and Laurie A. Milner Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2324-2333; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Coupled Transcriptional and Translational Control of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p18INK4c Expression during Myogenesis Dawn E. Phelps, Kuang-Ming Hsiao, Yan Li, Nanpin Hu, David S. Franklin, Eva Westphal, Eva Y.-H. P. Lee, and Yue Xiong Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2334-2343; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Requirement for Both Shc and Phosphatidylinositol 3' Kinase Signaling Pathways in Polyomavirus Middle T-Mediated Mammary Tumorigenesis Marc A. Webster, John N. Hutchinson, Michael J. Rauh, Senthil K. Muthuswamy, Martina Anton, Christopher G. Tortorice, Robert D. Cardiff, Frank L. Graham, John A. Hassell, and William J. Muller Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2344-2359; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Coupling of Cell Growth Control and Apoptosis Functions of Id Proteins John D. Norton and Graham T. Atherton Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2371-2381; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

MEK Kinase 1, a Substrate for DEVD-Directed Caspases, Is Involved in Genotoxin-Induced Apoptosis Christian Widmann, Pär Gerwins, Nancy Lassignal Johnson, Matthew B. Jarpe, and Gary L. Johnson Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2416-2429; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cell and Organelle Structure and Assembly:

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Functional Interactions between Yeast Mitochondrial Ribosomes and mRNA 5' Untranslated Leaders Noelle S. Green-Willms, Thomas D. Fox, and Maria C. Costanzo Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 1826-1834; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Carboxy-Terminal Domain of Hsc70 Provides Binding Sites for a Distinct Set of Chaperone Cofactors Jens Demand, Jens Lüders, and Jörg Höhfeld Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2023-2028; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ca2+ Content and Expression of an Acidocalcisomal Calcium Pump Are Elevated in Intracellular Forms of Trypanosoma cruzi Hong-Gang Lu, Li Zhong, Wanderley de Souza, Marlene Benchimol, Silvia Moreno, and Roberto Docampo Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2309-2323; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Nuclear Matrix Protein Interacts with the Phosphorylated C-Terminal Domain of RNA Polymerase II Meera Patturajan, Xiangyun Wei, Ronald Berezney, and Jeffry L. Corden Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2406-2415; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Dna Dynamics and Chromosome Structure:

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Requirement for End-Joining and Checkpoint Functions, but Not RAD52-Mediated Recombination, after EcoRI Endonuclease Cleavage of Saccharomyces cerevisiae DNA L. Kevin Lewis, Jakob M. Kirchner, and Michael A. Resnick Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 1891-1902; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structure of Nonhairpin Coding-End DNA Breaks in Cells Undergoing V(D)J Recombination Mark S. Schlissel Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2029-2037; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expansions and Contractions in a Tandem Repeat Induced by Double-Strand Break Repair Frédéric Pâques, Wai-Ying Leung, and James E. Haber Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2045-2054; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Microsatellite Sequence (CT)n · (GA)n Promotes Stable Chromosomal Integration of Large Tandem Arrays of Functional Human U2 Small Nuclear RNA Genes Arnold D. Bailey, Thomas Pavelitz, and Alan M. Weiner Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2262-2271; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Matrix Attachment Regions Insulate Transgene Expression from Chromosomal Position Effects in Drosophila melanogaster Stephanie J. Namciu, Karen B. Blochlinger, and R. E. K. Fournier Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2382-2391; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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OCA-B Is a Functional Analog of VP16 but Targets a Separate Surface of the Oct-1 POU Domain Robert babb, Michele A. Cleary, and Winship Herr Mol. Cell. Biol. April 1998 18: 2430 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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