Functional dissection of a transcriptionally active, target-specific Hox-Pbx complex

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3644-3654

  Di Rocco, Giuliana ^a   Mavilio, Fulvio ^a   Zappavigna, Vincenzo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Developmental regulation; Gene expression; Homeobox; Protein protein interaction; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; COS CELLS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSFECTION; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030923678     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.12.3644     Document Type: Article

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