A model for extradenticle function as a switch that changes HOX proteins from repressors to activators

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2032-2042

  Pinsonneault, Julia ^a,b   Florence, Brian ^c   Vaessin, Harald ^b   McGinnis, William ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformed; Drosophila; Extradenticle; Homeotic; HOX; PBX

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; MAXILLA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030896837     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.8.2032     Document Type: Article

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