Classification of sequence signatures: A guide to Hox protein function

BioEssays

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 500-511

  Merabet, Samir ^a   Hudry, Bruno ^a   Saadaoui, Mehdi ^a   Graba, Yacine ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Development; Evolution; Homedomain; Hox; Transcription

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DEVELOPMENT; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 66449088024     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.200800229     Document Type: Review

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