Article
The nuclear hormone receptor Ftz-F1 is a cofactor for the Drosophila homeodomain protein Ftz.
Nature - 6 Feb 1997
Yu Y, Li W, Su K, Yussa M, Han W, Perrimon N, Pick L
Abstract excerpt
Homeobox genes specify cell fate and positional identity in embryos throughout the animal kingdom. Paradoxically, although each has a specific function in vivo, the in vitro DNA-binding specificities of homeodomain proteins are overlapping and relatively weak. A current model is that homeodomain...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Binding Sites
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Drosophila
- Drosophila Proteins
- Female
- Fushi Tarazu Transcription Factors
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Homeodomain Proteins
- Insect Proteins
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Protein Binding
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear