A double-bromodomain protein, FSH-S, activates the homeotic gene Ultrabithorax through a critical promoter-proximal region

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 5486-5498

  Chang, Yuh Long ^a   King, Balas ^a   Lin, Shu Chun ^a,c   Kennison, James A ^b   Huang, Der Hwa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN FSH S; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FS(1)H GENE; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRXG GENE; UBX GENE; ULTRABITHORAX GENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 34547206645     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00692-07     Document Type: Article

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