A DNA-binding-independent pathway of repression by the Drosophila Runt protein

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 207-222

  Vander Zwan, Christine J ^a   Wheeler, John C ^a,b   Li, Ling Hui ^a,c   Tracey Jr , William D ^a,d   Gergen, J Peter ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rothberg Institute for Childhood Diseases   (United States)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Engrailed; RUNX; Segmentation; Sloppy paired; Tramtrack

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RUNT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0038639297     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-9796(03)00026-3     Document Type: Article

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