Interactions among the bHLH domains of the proteins encoded by the Enhancer of split and achaete-scute gene complexes of Drosophila

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 251, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 628-634

  Gigliani, Franaa ^a   Longo, Fatima ^a   Gaddini, Lucia ^a   Battaglia, Piero A ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

achaete scute; Drosophila; Enhancer of split; Helix loop helix proteins; Protein protein interactions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; INSECT HORMONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029786972     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050211     Document Type: Article

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