Homeodomain interactions

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 62-68

  Wolberger, Cynthia ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

DROSOPHILA; EUKARYOTE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; YEAST;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0029862713     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(96)80096-0     Document Type: Article

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