Protein interaction surface of the POU transcription factor UNC-86 selectively used in touch neurons

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 3694-3703

  Röhrig, Sascha ^a   Röckelein, Inge ^a   Donhauser, Roland ^a   Baumeister, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; MEC 3; Neural specification; POU domain; UNC 86

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EGG LAYING; GENE EXPRESSION; MOTONEURON; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HOST CELL FACTOR C1; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-1; OVIPOSITION; POU DOMAIN FACTORS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TOUCH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0342322942     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.14.3694     Document Type: Article

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