A dissection of the teashirt and tiptop genes reveals a novel mechanism for regulating transcription factor activity

Developmental Biology

Volumn 360, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 391-402

  Datta, Rhea R ^a   Weasner, Brandon P ^a   Kumar, Justin P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; CtBP; Homothorax; Retinal determination; Teashirt; Tiptop

Indexed keywords

C TERMINAL BINDING PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TEASHIRT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TIPTOP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EYE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RETINA; TISSUE GROWTH; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRIBOLIUM;

EID: 82555170321     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.09.030     Document Type: Article

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