Publication Date:
1994-12-16
Description:
The biologically relevant interactions of a transcription factor are those that are important for function in the organism. Here, a transgenic rescue assay was used to determine which molecular functions of Drosophila CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP), a basic region-leucine zipper transcription factor, are required for it to fulfill its essential role during development. Chimeric proteins that contain the Drosophila C/EBP (DmC/EBP) basic region, a heterologous zipper, and a heterologous activation domain could functionally substitute for DmC/EBP. Mammalian C/EBPs were also functional in Drosophila. In contrast, 9 of 25 single amino acid substitutions in the basic region disrupted biological function. Thus, the conserved basic region specifies DmC/EBP activity in the organism.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Rorth, P -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Dec 16;266(5192):1878-81.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Baltimore, MD 21210.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7997882" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Animals, Genetically Modified
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Base Sequence
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Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors
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CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins
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DNA/metabolism
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DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*physiology
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Drosophila/genetics/*growth & development
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Female
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G-Box Binding Factors
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*Leucine Zippers
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Male
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Nuclear Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*physiology
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Recombinant Fusion Proteins
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Transcription Factors/chemistry/genetics/*physiology
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Transcriptional Activation
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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