Conserved Structural Domains in FoxD4L1, a Neural Forkhead Box Transcription Factor, Are Required to Repress or Activate Target Genes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Klein, Steven L ^a   Neilson, Karen M ^a   Orban, John ^b   Yaklichkin, Sergey ^c   Hoffbauer, Jennifer ^a   Mood, Kathy ^d   Daar, Ira O ^d   Moody, Sally A ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; GRG4 PROTEIN; PROLINE; PROTEIN FOXD4L1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FISH; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; IRX1 GENE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UPREGULATION; XENOPUS; ZIC3 GENE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; GENE SILENCING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE SILENCING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 84876185780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061845     Document Type: Article

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