Hox transcriptional specificity despite a single class of cofactors: Are flexible interaction modes the key?: Plasticity in Hox/PBC interaction modes as a common molecular strategy for shaping Hox transcriptional activities

BioEssays

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 88-92

  Merabet, Samir ^a   Hudry, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Homeodomain; Hox; Meis; PBC; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HOX PROTEIN; MEIS PROTEIN; MEMBRANE COFACTOR PROTEIN; PBC COFACTOR; PROTEIN; UBX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DNA; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84872380737     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201200146     Document Type: Article

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