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ATF
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The law enforcement and tax collection agency of the Treasury Department that enforces federal laws concerning alcohol and tobacco products and firearms and explosives and arson
Synonyms:
ATF; Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("ATF" is a kind of...):
law enforcement agency (an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws)
Holonyms ("ATF" is a part of...):
Department of the Treasury; Treasury; Treasury Department; United States Treasury (the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789)
Context examples:
This allele, which encodes cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-4 protein, is involved in the regulation of gene transcription.
(ATF4 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-5 protein, plays a role in the modulation of transcription.
(ATF5 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
PEITC also inhibits the expression of genes involved in tumor progression such as HIF, STAT-3, HER2, BCL-XL, and XIAP and induces the expression of genes involved in tumor suppression such as p53, ATF-2, and p57.
(Phenethyl Isothiocyanate-containing Watercress Juice, NCI Thesaurus)
Upon virus infection, the gene is switched on by three transcription factors (NF-kB, IRFs, and ATF-2/c-Jun), and an architectural protein (HMG I(Y)), all of which bind cooperatively to the nucleosome-free enhancer DNA to form an enhanceosome.
(IFN-Beta Enhancer Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
A dimeric complex of related bZIP JUN, FOS, MAF and ATF transcription factors that must dimerize in order to bind to AP1 recognition sites (TPA-Responsive Element, TRE) or cAMP response elements in DNA, AP-1 controls basal and inducible transcription of several genes.
(AP-1 Complex, NCI Thesaurus)
