Twist Transcription Factors
"Twist Transcription Factors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A highly-conserved family of basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors. They function as dimers with other bHLH proteins and bind E-BOX ELEMENTS to control gene expression during EMBRYOGENESIS and the EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION.
| Descriptor ID |
D000071416
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.260.103.906 D12.776.930.125.906
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| Concept/Terms |
Twist Transcription Factors- Twist Transcription Factors
- Transcription Factors, Twist
- Twist Family Transcription Factors
- Twist Transcription Factor Family
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