The Dictyostelium bZIP transcription factor DimB regulates prestalk-specific gene expression

Development

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 439-448

  Zhukovskaya, Natasha V ^a   Fukuzawa, Masashi ^a   Yamada, Yoko ^a   Araki, Tsuyoshi ^a   Williams, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bZIP; Dictyostelium; DIF 1; Prestalk

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; BINDING SITE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PURIFICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BINDING SITES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CYCLIC AMP; DICTYOSTELIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEXANONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; DICTYOSTELIUM; GASTROPODA;

EID: 33244495485     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.02190     Document Type: Article

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