ATF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ATF mean? 

• ATF (noun)
  The noun ATF has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: ATF used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATF (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

ATF; Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms

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 

Cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-4 (351 aa, ~39 kDa) is encoded by the human ATF4 gene.

(Cyclic AMP-Dependent Transcription Factor ATF-4, NCI Thesaurus)

Cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-3 (181 aa, ~21 kDa) is encoded by the human ATF3 gene.

(Cyclic AMP-Dependent Transcription Factor ATF-3, NCI Thesaurus)

Cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-5 (282 aa, ~30 kDa) is encoded by the human ATF5 gene.

(Cyclic AMP-Dependent Transcription Factor ATF-5, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is comprised of the transactivation domain of the RNA-binding protein EWS followed by the DNA-binding basic domain and leucine zipper dimerization domain of the cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-1 protein.

(EWSR1/ATF1 Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is comprised of approximately half the RNA-binding protein FUS fused to the DNA-binding basic domain and leucine zipper dimerization domain of the cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-1 protein.

(FUS/ATF1 Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-1 (271 aa, ~29 kDa) is encoded by the human ATF1 gene.

(Cyclic AMP-Dependent Transcription Factor ATF-1, NCI Thesaurus)

Cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-2 (505 aa, ~55 kDa) is encoded by the human ATF2 gene.

(Cyclic AMP-Dependent Transcription Factor ATF-2, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-1 protein, plays a role in transcriptional regulation.

(ATF1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-2 protein, is involved in the regulation of both cyclic AMP-dependent transcription and histone acetylation.

(ATF2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-3 protein, is involved in both transcriptional repression and DNA binding.

(ATF3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)