An alternative splicing event in the Pax-3 paired domain identifies the linker region as a key determinant of paired domain DNA-binding activity

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 6677-6686

  Vogan, Kyle J ^a   Underhill, D Alan ^a   Gros, Philippe ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GLUTAMINE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LINK PROTEIN; THYMIDINE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; REPORTER GENE; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0029860454     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.12.6677     Document Type: Article

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