Complex domain interactions regulate stability and activity of closely related proneural transcription factors

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 450, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1283-1290

  McDowell, Gary S ^a,b   Hardwick, Laura J A ^a   Philpott, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurogenesis; Proneural; Proteasomal degradation; Ubiquitylation; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

NEUROGENESIS; PRONEURAL; PROTEASOMAL DEGRADATION; UBIQUITYLATION; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; HALF-LIFE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; PROTEOLYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84906092930     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.06.127     Document Type: Article

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