The LIM-domain protein zyxin binds the homeodomain factor Xanf1/Hesx1 and modulates its activity in the anterior neural plate of Xenopus laevis embryo

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 237, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 736-749

  Martynova, Natalia Y ^a   Eroshkin, Fedor M ^a   Ermolina, Ludmila V ^a   Ermakova, Galina V ^a   Korotaeva, Anastasia L ^a   Smurova, Ksenya M ^b   Gyoeva, Fatima K ^c   Zaraisky, Andrey G ^a  

^a SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Forebrain development; Protein interactions; Xanf1; Zyxin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LIM PROTEIN; PROTEIN XANF1; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HESX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZYXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MOTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DELETION MUTANT; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE REPRESSION; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN VARIANT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL LINE; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HAPLORHINI; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; METALLOPROTEINS; NEURAL PLATE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 40849097702     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21471     Document Type: Article

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