The divergent Caenorhabditis elegans β-catenin proteins BAR-1, WRM-1 and HMP-2 make distinct protein interactions but retain functional redundancy in vivo

Genetics

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 159-172

  Natarajan, Lakshmi ^a   Witwer, Nina E ^a   Eisenmann, David M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; PROTEIN BAR 1; PROTEIN HMP 2; PROTEIN WRM 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; YEAST;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DATABASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MODELS, GENETIC; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

ARMADILLO; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; PROTOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034809481     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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