Characterization of the DNA-binding properties and the transactivation activity of Schistosoma mansoni nuclear receptor fushi tarazu-factor 1α (SmFTZ-F1α)

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-82

  Lu, Changxue ^a   Niles, Edward G ^a   LoVerde, Philip T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA binding; Fushi tarazu factor 1; Nuclear receptor; Schistosoma mansoni; Transactivation activity

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450; DNA FRAGMENT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FETOPROTEIN; FUSHI TARAZU FACTOR 1ALPHA; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPORTER GENE; RETICULOCYTE LYSATE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TRANSACTIVATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; FUSHI TARAZU TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

MAMMALIA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 33748289966     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2006.06.011     Document Type: Article

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