Drosophila melanogaster Hox Transcription Factors Access the RNA Polymerase II Machinery through Direct Homeodomain Binding to a Conserved Motif of Mediator Subunit Med19

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Boube, Muriel ^a   Hudry, Bruno ^b,c   Immarigeon, Clément ^a   Carrier, Yannick ^a   Bernat Fabre, Sandra ^a   Merabet, Samir ^b,d   Graba, Yacine ^b   Bourbon, Henri Marc ^a   Cribbs, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Univ Lyon 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOX PROTEIN; PROTEIN MED19; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE TARGETING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; UBX GENE; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA POLYMERASE II;

EID: 84901585344     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004303     Document Type: Article

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