Selection of distinct Hox-Extradenticle interaction modes fine-tunes Hox protein activity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2276-2281

  Saadaoui, Mehdi ^a   Merabet, Samir ^a   Litim Mecheri, Isma ^a   Arbeille, Elise ^a   Sambrani, Nagraj ^a   Damen, Wim ^b   Brena, Carlo ^c   Pradel, Jacques ^a   Graba, Yacine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AbdominalA; Hox protein specificity and diversity; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

EXTRADENTICLE PROTEIN; HOX PROTEIN; PRE B CELL LEUKEMIA HOMEOBOX PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DROSOPHILA; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952305555     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1006964108     Document Type: Article

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