The amino-terminal region of Drosophila MSL1 contains basic, glycine-rich, and leucine zipper-like motifs that promote X chromosome binding, self-association, and MSL2 binding, respectively

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 8913-8924

  Li, Fang ^a   Parry, David A D ^a   Scott, Maxwell J ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN MSL1; PROTEIN MSL2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; X CHROMOSOME;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GLYCINE; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; X CHROMOSOME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 26444474594     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.25.20.8913-8924.2005     Document Type: Article

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