The sine oculis homeobox (SIX) family of transcription factors as regulators of development and disease

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 565-583

  Kumar, J P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; DSix4; Gonad; Mammals; Mesoderm; Optix; Retina; Sine oculis; SIX

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BREAST CARCINOMA; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; OVARY CARCINOMA; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; NEOPLASMS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RETINA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MAMMALIA; PLATYHELMINTHES;

EID: 60149107489     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-008-8335-4     Document Type: Review

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