Direct protein-protein interaction between the intracellular domain of TRA-2 and the transcription factor TRA-1A modulates feminizing activity in C. elegans

Genes and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 3153-3165

  Lum, David H ^a   Kuwabara, Patricia E ^b   Zarkower, David ^c   Spence, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Gli; Receptor; Sex determination; Signal transduction; Two hybrid

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TRA 1A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TRA 2A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMINIZATION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; YEASTS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0034671769     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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