Pax6 and SOX2 form a co-DNA-binding partner complex that regulates initiation of lens development

Genes and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1272-1286

  Kamachi, Yusuke ^b   Uchikawa, Masanori ^b   Tanouchi, Aki ^b   Sekido, Ryohei ^a,b   Kondoh, Hisato ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Expression cloning; Lens induction; Lens placode; Pax6; Sox2; Transcriptional synergy

Indexed keywords

DELTA CRYSTALLIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHICK EMBRYO; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENHANCER REGION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; CRYSTALLINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HMGB PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035873448     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.887101     Document Type: Article

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