PBX proteins: Much more than Hox cofactors

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-20

  Laurent, Audrey ^a   Bihan, Réjane ^a   Omilli, Francis ^a   Deschamps, Stéphane ^a   Pellerin, Isabelle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Cofactors; Homeodomain; Hox; PBX

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEASOME; PROTEIN EXD; PROTEIN HPIP; PROTEIN ZFPIP; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SOMATOSTATIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXC1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PBX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PBX1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRICHOSTATIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

B CELL LEUKEMIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ADHESION; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA; ELASTASE 1 GENE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC REGULATION; HOX GENE; HOXB1 GENE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PBX1 GENE; PBX2 GENE; PBX3 GENE; PBX4 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN GENE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

MURINAE;

EID: 38749112907     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.072304al     Document Type: Review

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