"POU Domain Factors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family of transcription factors characterized by the presence of a bipartite DNA-binding domain known as the POU domain. The POU domain contains two subdomains, a POU-specific domain and a POU-homeodomain. The POU domain was originally identified as a region of approximately 150 amino acids shared between the Pit-1, Oct-1, Oct-2, and Unc-86 transcription factors.
| Descriptor ID |
D050809
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.260.655 D12.776.930.710
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| Concept/Terms |
POU Domain Factors- POU Domain Factors
- Pit-Oct-Unc Proteins
- Pit Oct Unc Proteins
- POU Proteins
- Transcription Factor POU
- POU, Transcription Factor
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