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PAS is a dimerization domain common to Drosophila period and several transcription factors.
Nature - 15 Jul 1993
Huang Z J, Edery I, Rosbash M
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the period gene product (PER) can shorten or lengthen the circadian rhythms of Drosophila melanogaster, but its biochemical activity has not been established. PER contains a motif of approximately 270 amino acids whose function is unknown (termed PAS) and which is also present in three transcription factors of the basic-helix-loop-helix (bHLH) type, in the D. melanogaster single-minded gene product...
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