Biochemistry of the tale transcription factors PREP, MEIS, and PBX in vertebrates

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 59-75

  Longobardi, E ^a   Penkov, D ^b   Mateos, D ^c   De Florian, G ^a   Torres, M ^c   Blasi, Francesco ^a  

^a FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

PREP, MEIS, and PBX; TALE proteins; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MEIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PBX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PREP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

PREP, MEIS, AND PBX; TALE PROTEINS; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84890857529     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24016     Document Type: Review

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