A sequence motif distinct from Hox binding sites controls the specificity of a Hox response element

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 5581-5589

  Li, Xuelin ^a   Veraksa, Alexey ^a   McGinnis, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformed; Drosophila; Exd; Homeotic; Hox specificity; Labial

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOBOX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033377879     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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