The Drosophila Nkx6 homeodomain protein has both activation and repression domains and can activate target gene expression

Brain Research

Volumn 1266, Issue , 2009, Pages 8-17

  Syu, Li Jyun ^a   Uhler, Jay ^a   Zhang, Huanqing ^a   Mellerick, Dervla M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation; Cell identity; Co factor; Eh1 domain; Homeodomain; Repression

Indexed keywords

ENGRAILED HOMOLOGY 1 PROTEIN; FASCICLIN II; GROUCHO PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN NKX6; PROTEIN VND; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CULTURE; CHIMERA; ENHANCER REGION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOTONEURON; NKX6 GENE; NKX6.1 GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CITRUS MAXIMA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 63249102276     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.01.068     Document Type: Article

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