Activity regulation of a Hox protein and a role for the homeodomain in inhibiting transcriptional activation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 198-211

  Li, Xuelin ^a   Murre, Cornelis ^a   McGinnis, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformed; Drosophila; Homeotic; Hox

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033521623     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.1.198     Document Type: Article

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