The Drosophila homeodomain transcription factor, Vnd, associates with a variety of co-factors, is extensively phosphorylated and forms multiple complexes in embryos

FEBS Journal

Volumn 275, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 5062-5073

  Zhang, Huanqing ^a,d   Syu, Li Jyun ^a,d   Modica, Vicky ^a   Yu, Zhongxin ^a   Von Ohlen, Tonia ^b   Mellerick, Dervla M ^a,c  

^a MSRBIII   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Med Sci I   (United States)

^d 5051 BSRB ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Co factor; Complex; Regulation; Transcription; Vnd

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B1 PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; PROTEIN D1; PROTEIN OLIG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR VND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL LINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 52449134031     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06639.x     Document Type: Article

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