Interaction of retinal bZIP transcription factor NRL with Flt3-interacting zinc-finger protein Fiz1: Possible role of Fiz1 as a transcriptional repressor

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 365-373

  Mitton, Kenneth P ^a,c   Swain, Pradodh K ^a,d   Khanna, Hemant ^a   Dowd, Mary ^c   Apel, Ingrid J ^a   Swaroop, Anand ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d National Brain Research Center   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RHODOPSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BETA CHAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SCREENING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVIEW; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATTLE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; FMS-LIKE TYROSINE KINASE 3; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RETINA; RHODOPSIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; ZINC FINGERS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 0037440697     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddg035     Document Type: Review

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