An extradenticle-induced conformational change in a HOX protein overcomes an inhibitory function of the conserved hexapeptide motif

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2476-2487

  Chan, Siu Kwong ^a   Pöpperl, Heike ^b   Krumlauf, Robb ^b   Mann, Richard S ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperative binding; Homeodomain; Homeotic; Labial; PBX

Indexed keywords

HEXAPEPTIDE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029925624     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00605.x     Document Type: Article

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