Interactions between the Su(Hw) and Mod(mdg4) proteins required for gypsy insulator function

EMBO Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2518-2527

  Ghosh, Dolanchanpa ^a   Gerasimova, Tatiana I ^a   Corces, Victor G ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Insulator; Nucleus; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; LEUCINE; PROTEIN MOD(MDG4); PROTEIN SU(HW); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; ENHANCER REGION; INTERPHASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOMES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0035873243     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.10.2518     Document Type: Article

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