Cactin, a conserved protein that interacts with the Drosophila IκB protein Cactus and modulates its function

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 57-65

  Lin, Pei Hui ^a   Huang, Leslie H ^a   Steward, Ruth ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cactin; Cactus; Conserved protein domain; Dorsal; Dorsal ventral polarity; Drosophila; Embryo; Genetics; I B; Immunity; NF B; RD repeats; Rel pathway; Signal transduction; Two hybrid screen

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO POLARITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMMUNITY; LETHAL MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; I-KAPPA B PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PRECIPITIN TESTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

CACTACEAE; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034213111     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(00)00314-2     Document Type: Article

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