Extending the functions of the homeotic transcription factor Cdx2 in the digestive system through nontranscriptional activities

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1436-1443

  Freund, Jean Noël ^a   Duluc, Isabelle ^a   Reimund, Jean Marie ^a,b   Gross, Isabelle ^a   Domon Dell, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Cancer; Development; DNA repair; Homeobox; Homeostasis; Intestine; RNA splicing; Signaling; Transcription

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; CDX2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA BINDING; DNA REPAIR; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ACETYLATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA SPLICING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; INTESTINE; INTESTINE TUMOR; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; INTESTINES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84922575678     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i5.1436     Document Type: Article

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