Chip and Apterous physically interact to form a functional complex during Drosophila development

Molecular Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 259-265

  Van Meyel, Donald J ^a   O'Keefe, David D ^a,b   Jurata, Linda W ^a,c   Thor, Stefan ^a,d   Gill, Gordon N ^c   Thomas, John B ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIMER; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DIMERIZATION; DNA MICROARRAY; DROSOPHILA; FORELIMB; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0033180212     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80373-1     Document Type: Article

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