The pentapeptide motif of Hox proteins is required for cooperative DNA binding with Pbx1, physically contacts Pbx1, and enhances DNA binding by Pbx1

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 5811-5819

  Knoepfler, Paul S ^a   Kamps, Mark P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PENTAPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DROSOPHILA; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

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EID: 0029118224     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.15.10.5811     Document Type: Article

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