Characterization of a dominant negative C. elegans Twist mutant protein with implications for human Saethre-Chotzen syndrome

Development

Volumn 129, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2761-2772

  Corsi, Maria K ^a   Brodigan, Thomas M ^a   Jorgensen, Erik M ^a   Krause, Michael ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

bHLH; C. elegans; CeTwist; hlh 8; Mesoderm; Saethre Chotzen syndrome; Sex myoblasts

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DIMER; DNA; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BINDING AFFINITY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DAMAGE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA BINDING; DOMINANT GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAPLOTYPE; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HOMO; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0036333368     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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