A brain region-specific gene product Lhx6.1 interacts with Ldb1 through tandem LIM-domains

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 180-187

  Kimura, Naoki ^a,b   Ueno, Masaya ^a   Nakashima, Kinich ^a   Taga, Tetsuya ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Developing CNS; Ldb1; Lhx6.1; LIM homeodomain (LHX) gene; Protein protein interaction

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL FATE; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOREBRAIN; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0032868234     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022420     Document Type: Article

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