The cellular Pax-Hox-Helix connection

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1629, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 1-7

  Westerman, Bart A ^a   Murre, Cornelis ^b   Oudejans, Cees B M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic helix loop helix; Homeobox; Mammal; Protein protein interaction; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HOX PROTEIN; INSULIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MATH1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MATH2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MATH3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MATH5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NEURO D1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NEURO D2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NEUROGENIN1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NEUROGENIN2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NEUROGENIN3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HOMEOBOX; INSULIN METABOLISM; INTESTINE; LUNG; MAMMAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PANCREAS; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STOMACH; TARGET CELL; THYROID GLAND;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0141761291     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbaexp.2003.08.002     Document Type: Review

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