New mode of DNA binding of multi-zinc finger transcription factors: δEF1 family members bind with two hands to two target sites

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 5073-5084

  Remacle, Jacques E ^b   Kraft, Harry ^b   Lerchner, Walter ^a   Wuytens, Gunther ^b   Collart, Clara ^b   Verschueren, Kristin ^b   Smith, James C ^a   Huylebroeck, Danny ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c NONE

Author keywords

EF1; Smad proteins; Smad interacting protein; Transgenic Xenopus; Two handed zinc finger proteins

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; INTEGRIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UVOMORULIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTIGENS, CD; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CADHERINS; COS CELLS; DNA; DNA PROBES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EF HAND MOTIFS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTEGRIN ALPHA4; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZINC FINGERS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033568198     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.18.5073     Document Type: Article

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