XOL-1, primary determinant of sexual fate in C. elegans, is a GHMP kinase family member and a structural prototype for a class of developmental regulators

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 977-990

  Luz, John Gately ^a   Hassig, Christian A ^b,c   Pickle, Catherine ^b   Godzik, Adam ^d,e   Meyer, Barbara J ^b   Wilson, Ian A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Kalypsys Inc   (United States)

^d BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Crystal structure; GHMP kinase; Sexual differentiation; XOL 1

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN XOL 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HERMAPHRODITISM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PHOSPHATE GROUP ACCEPTOR); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; X CHROMOSOME;

CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345373988     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1082303     Document Type: Article

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