Characterization of a novel class II bHLH transcription factor from the black widow spider, Latrodectus hesperus, with silk-gland restricted patterns of expression

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 371-380

  Kohler, Kristin ^a   Thayer, William ^a   Le, Trang ^a,b   Sembhi, Amardeep ^a   Vasanthavada, Keshav ^a   Moore, Anne M F ^a   Vierra, Craig A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTEIN E47; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SGSF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA LIBRARY; E BOX ELEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LATRODECTUS HESPERUS; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION; SILK; SPIDER; TRANSACTIVATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BLACK WIDOW SPIDER; CELL NUCLEUS; DIMERIZATION; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; GENE EXPRESSION; HELA CELLS; HMGB PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SILK; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

ARANEAE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LATRODECTUS HESPERUS; LATRODECTUS TREDECIMGUTTATUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 20544450200     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.2005.24.371     Document Type: Article

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