Meox Homeodomain Proteins Are Required for Bapx1 Expression in the Sclerotome and Activate Its Transcription by Direct Binding to Its Promoter

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2757-2766

  Rodrigo, Isabel ^a,b   Bovolenta, Paola ^a   Mankoo, Baljinder S ^c   Imai, Kenji ^b  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN MEOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BAPX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HOMEOBOX; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCLEROTOME; SKELETON; SOMITE; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PAX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; SOMITES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642403669     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.7.2757-2766.2004     Document Type: Article

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