Loss of function but no gain of function caused by amino acid substitutions in the hexapeptide of Hoxa1 in vivo

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 8567-8575

  Remacle, Sophie ^a   Abbas, Leïla ^a   De Backer, Olivier ^b,d   Pacico, Nathalie ^a   Gavalas, Anthony ^c,e   Gofflot, Françoise ^a   Picard, Jacques J ^a   Rezsöhazy, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^e BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HEXAPEPTIDE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOX PROTEIN; HOXA 1 PROTEIN; HOXB 8 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; EMBRYO; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CRANIAL NERVES; EAR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NEURAL CREST; OCCIPITAL BONE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 4544285896     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.19.8567-8575.2004     Document Type: Article

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