Dimer formation via the homeodomain is required for function and specificity of Sex combs reduced in Drosophila

Developmental Biology

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-89

  Papadopoulos, Dimitrios K ^a,b   Skouloudaki, Kassiani ^a,b   Adachi, Yoshitsugu ^a,c   Samakovlis, Christos ^a,b   Gehring, Walter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antennapedia; ELEKEF motif; Homeodomain dimerization; Homeotic function; Sex combs reduced; Transcriptional specificity

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAPEDIA PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA SEX COMBS REDUCED PROTEIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FORK HEAD GENE; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL SPECIFICITY;

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EID: 84861699772     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.04.021     Document Type: Article

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