A Twist in fate: Evolutionary comparison of Twist structure and function

Gene

Volumn 287, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 11-22

  Castanon, Irinka ^a   Baylies, Mary K ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic helix loop helix; Dimers; Mesoderm; Muscle

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; MESODERM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; HIRUDINIDA; INVERTEBRATA; SCYPHOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037012509     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00893-9     Document Type: Article

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