Characterization of the DNA-binding properties of the Mohawk homeobox transcription factor

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 42, 2012, Pages 35351-35359

  Anderson, Douglas M ^a,b,e   George, Rajani ^a,b   Noyes, Marcus B ^c   Rowton, Megan ^a,b   Liu, Wenjin ^d   Jiang, Rulang ^d   Wolfe, Scot A ^c   Wilson Rawls, Jeanne ^a   Rawls, Alan ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL-BASED ASSAYS; DNA RECOGNITION; DNA-BINDING PROPERTIES; DOWN-REGULATION; FIBER TYPES; GENETIC PATHWAYS; HOMEODOMAIN; IMMUNOSTAINING; IN-VITRO; INVERTED REPEAT; MUSCLE SATELLITE CELLS; REAL-TIME PCR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE DIFFERENTIATION; STRUCTURAL GENE; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSORS;

ASSAYS; BINDING ENERGY; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MAMMALS; MUSCLE; NEURONS; SITE SELECTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MOHAWK PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DOWN REGULATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SATELLITE CELL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NIH 3T3 CELLS; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SOXD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84867414332     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.399386     Document Type: Article

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