The homothorax homeoprotein activates the nuclear localization of another homeoprotein, Extradenticle, and suppresses eye development in Drosophila

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 435-446

  Pai, Chi Yun ^a   Kuo, Tung Sheng ^b   Jaw, Thomas J ^c   Kurant, Estee ^d   Chen, Cheng Tse ^c   Bessarab, Dmitri A ^a   Salzberg, Adi ^d   Sun, Y Henry ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Extradenticle; Eye; Homeodomain protein; Homothorax; Nuclear localization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0032006566     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.3.435     Document Type: Article

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