Summary: MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY,
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Dec. 2000, p. 8845­8854 Vol. 20, No. 23
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MondoA, a Novel Basic Helix-Loop-Helix­Leucine Zipper
Transcriptional Activator That Constitutes a Positive
Branch of a Max-Like Network
ANDREW N. BILLIN,1
ALANNA L. EILERS,1
KATHRYN L. COULTER,2
JENNIFER S. LOGAN,1
AND DONALD E. AYER1
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Huntsman Cancer Institute1
and Department of Human Genetics,2
University of Utah,
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-5550
Received 10 July 2000/Returned for modification 29 August 2000/Accepted 12 September 2000
Max is a common dimerization partner for a family of transcription factors (Myc, Mad [or Mxi]), and Mnt
[or Rox] proteins) that regulate cell growth, proliferation, and apoptosis. We recently characterized a novel

Source: Ayer, Don - Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah

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