Two evolutionarily conserved repression domains in the Drosophila Kruppel protein differ in activator specificity

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 4820-4829

  Hanna Rose, Wendy ^a,d   Licht, Jonathan D ^b   Hansen, Ulla ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030795319     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.8.4820     Document Type: Article

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