Pbx proteins display hexapeptide-dependent cooperative DNA binding with a subset of Hox proteins

Genes and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 663-674

  Chang, Ching Pin ^a   Shen, Wei Fang ^b   Rozenfeld, Sofia ^b   Lawrence, H Jeffrey ^b   Largman, Corey ^b   Cleary, Michael L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

E2a Pbx1; homeo domain proteins; Hox; Pbx; proto oncogene

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; DNA; HEXAPEPTIDE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; HYBRID; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTO ONCOGENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; YEAST;

EID: 0028947525     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.9.6.663     Document Type: Article

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