Functional and genetic characterization of the oligomerization and DNA binding properties of the Drosophila doublesex proteins

Genetics

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1639-1652

  Erdman, Scott E ^a,b   Chen, Hui Ju ^a,c   Burtis, Kenneth C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALINDROMIC DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DOUBLESEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DIMERIZATION; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; INSECT HORMONES; MALE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030482590     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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