Implementing the LIM code: The structural basis for cell type-specific assembly of LIM-homeodomain complexes

EMBO Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2018-2029

  Bhati, Mugdha ^a   Lee, Christopher ^a   Nancarrow, Amy L ^a   Lee, Mihwa ^a   Craig, Vanessa J ^a   Bach, Ingolf ^b   Guss, J Mitchell ^a   Mackay, Joel P ^a   Matthews, Jacqueline M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell specification; Competitive binding; LIM code; LIM homeodomain proteins; Protein complexes

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX3;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; THERMODYNAMICS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 47949099570     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2008.123     Document Type: Article

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