Heterodimerization between two classes of homeodomain proteins in the mushroom Coprinus cinereus brings together potential DNA-binding and activation domains

Gene

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-31

  Asante Owusu, Rachel N ^a   Banham, Alison H ^a   Böhnert, Heidi U ^a   Mellor, E Jane C ^b   Casselton, Lorna A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Transcriptional activation; Transcriptional repression

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPRINUS; DIMERIZATION; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE FUSION; GENE REPRESSION; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; COPRINOPSIS CINEREA; COPRINUS; FUNGI;

EID: 0029884286     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00177-1     Document Type: Article

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