Analysis of the transcriptional activation domain of the Drosophila tango bHLH-PAS transcription factor

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 215, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 221-229

  Sonnenfeld, Margaret J ^a   Delvecchio, Christopher ^a   Sun, Xuetao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

bHLH PAS transcription factor; Tango; Transactivation domain

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIOXIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; POLYGLUTAMINE; PROLINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MUTANT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE CULTURE; TRACHEA; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENE; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 18644383812     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-004-0462-9     Document Type: Article

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