The Wilms tumour suppressor protein WT1 (+KTS isoform) binds alpha-actinin 1 mRNA via its zinc-finger domain

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 789-798

  Morrison, A A ^a   Venables, J P ^b   Dellaire, G ^c   Ladomery, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (United Kingdom)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpha actinin; PSF; WT1; Yeast three hybrid screen

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DNA; PROTEINS; RNA; TUMORS;

ALPHA-ACTININ; MESONEPHRIC FETAL KIDNEY CELL; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; YEAST THREE-HYBRID SCREEN;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ALPHA ACTININ; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; WT1 PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOUSE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

ACTININ; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL EXTRACTS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; WT1 PROTEINS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 33745143094     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/O06-065     Document Type: Article

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