Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series – Organic compounds – Carbohydrates or derivatives
Patent
1996-07-29
1998-06-09
Elliott, George C.
Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series
Organic compounds
Carbohydrates or derivatives
C07H 2102, C07H 2104
Patent
active
057635935
ABSTRACT:
A eukaryotic, global negative regulator of class II transcription, DNA sequences encoding the negative regulator and results demonstrating the activity of the purified negative regulator protein to repress class II transcription are described.
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Chao David M.
Gadbois Ellen L.
Young Richard A.
Elliott George C.
Larson Thomas G.
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
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