Pigmentation PAX‐ways: the role of Pax3 in melanogenesis, melanocyte stem cell maintenance, and disease

JD Kubic, KP Young, RS Plummer… - Pigment cell & …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Transcription factors initiate programs of gene expression and are catalysts in downstream
molecular cascades that modulate a variety of cellular processes. Pax3 is a transcription …

The role of Pax genes in eye evolution

Z Kozmik - Brain research bulletin, 2008 - Elsevier
Anatomically widely different designs of animal eyes have long been thought to arise
independently multiple times during evolution. This morphology-based view has been …

Analysis of mouse models carrying the I26T and R160C substitutions in the transcriptional repressor HESX1 as models for septo-optic dysplasia and hypopituitarism

E Sajedi, C Gaston-Massuet… - Disease models & …, 2008 - journals.biologists.com
SUMMARY A homozygous substitution of the highly conserved isoleucine at position 26 by
threonine (I26T) in the transcriptional repressor HESX1 has been associated with anterior …

Water‐mediated interactions between DNA and PhoB DNA‐binding/transactivation domain: NMR‐restrained molecular dynamics in explicit water environment

T Yamane, H Okamura, M Ikeguchi… - Proteins: Structure …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The solution structure of the complex between the transcription factor PhoB DNA‐
binding/transactivation domain and DNA was determined by NMR spectroscopy and …

Genome-wide discovery of Pax7 target genes during development

RB White, MR Ziman - Physiological genomics, 2008 - journals.physiology.org
Pax7 plays critical roles in development of brain, spinal cord, neural crest, and skeletal
muscle. As a sequence-specific DNA-binding transcription factor, any direct functional role …

DNA wrapping and distortion by an oligomeric homeodomain protein

H Williams, PS Jayaraman, K Gaston - Journal of molecular biology, 2008 - Elsevier
Many transcription factors alter DNA or chromatin structure. Changes in chromatin structure
are often brought about by the recruitment of chromatin-binding proteins, chromatin …

Predicting and understanding transcription factor interactions based on sequence level determinants of combinatorial control

ADJ van Dijk, CJF ter Braak, RG Immink… - …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Motivation: Transcription factor interactions are the cornerstone of combinatorial control,
which is a crucial aspect of the gene regulatory system. Understanding and predicting …

Synthesis of Formacetal‐Linked Dinucleotides to Facilitate dsDNA Bending and Binding to the Homeodomain of Pax6

M Pitulescu, M Grapp, R Krätzner, W Knepel… - 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Two formacetal‐linked dinucleotides TT and TA were synthesized as phosphoramidite
building blocks for solid‐phase synthesis. Incorporated in a 29‐mer DNA, the oligomers …

Structure-Based Subfamily Classification of Homeodomains

JMJ Tsai - 2008 - library-archives.canada.ca
Abstract<? Pub Inc> Eukaryotic DNA-binding proteins mediate many important steps in
embryonic development and gene regulation. Consequently, a better understanding of …

Structural and electrostatic regularities in interactions of homeodomains with operator DNA

YN Chirgadze, VV Ivanov, RV Polozov, EI Zheltukhin… - 2008 - inis.iaea.org
A vast majority of known studies of protein-DNA complexes are related to the binding site of
proteins with double-stranded DNA in the B-form in the region of its major groove [1Ä9]. In …