Structure of HoxA9 and Pbx1 bound to DNA: Hox hexapeptide and DNA recognition anterior to posterior

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 2060-2072

  LaRonde LeBlanc, Nicole A ^a,b   Wolberger, Cynthia ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA binding; Hox; HoxA9; Pbx1; Posterior prevalence

Indexed keywords

DNA; HEXAPEPTIDE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN HOXA9; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PBX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL FATE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE STRUCTURE; METAZOON; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

METAZOA;

EID: 0042161874     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1103303     Document Type: Article

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