Characterization of two POU transcription factor family members from the urochordate Oikopleura dioica

Gene

Volumn 383, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-11

  Cupit, Pauline M ^a,b   Lennard, Mara L ^b   Hikima, Jun ichi ^b   Warr, Greg W ^b   Cunningham, Charles ^a,b  

^a Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology   (Norway)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Octamer motif; Oikopleura; POU domain; POU homeodomain

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR A1; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR A2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CATFISH; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; CATFISHES; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POU DOMAIN FACTORS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UROCHORDATA;

MURINAE; OIKOPLEURA; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33750058871     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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