Direct interaction of two homeoproteins, Homothorax and Extradenticle, is essential for EXD nuclear localization and function

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 279-291

  Jaw, Thomas J ^a,b   You, Li Ru ^b   Knoepfler, Paul S ^c   Yao, Li Chin ^b   Pai, Chi Yun ^b   Tang, Chiou Yang ^b   Chang, Li Ping ^b   Berthelsen, Jens ^d   Blasi, Francesco ^d   Kamps, Mark P ^c   Sun, Y Henry ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Via O   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antenna; Drosophila; Extradenticle; Eye; Homothorax; HOX; Nuclear export; PREP1

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 0033993481     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00316-0     Document Type: Article

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