A phosphorylation site in the Ftz homeodomain is required for activity

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2308-2318

  Dong, Jianli ^a   Hung, Ling Hong ^a   Strome, Robert ^a   Krause, Henry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

cAMP dependent protein kinase; Drosophila; Fushi tarazu; Homeodomain; Phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; SERINE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ALANINE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ASPARTIC ACID; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DNA; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FUSHI TARAZU TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HOMEOSTASIS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THREONINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0032522393     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.8.2308     Document Type: Article

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