Structural determinants within Pbx1 that mediate cooperative DNA binding with pentapeptide-containing Hox proteins: Proposal for a model of a Pbx1-Hox-DNA complex

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1632-1640

  Lu, Qiang ^a,b,c   Kamps, Mark P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0029966661     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.4.1632     Document Type: Article

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