SRY (sex-determining region Y protein) is a transcriptional activator required for male sex determination in mammals. This protein, also referred to as...
Polyadenylation of mRNA precursors is a two-step reaction that requires multiple protein factors. The first step, endonucleolytic cleavage of polyadenylation...
The Notch signaling pathway controls cellular interactions important for the specification of a variety of fates in both invertebrates and vertebrates. Key...
The Notch signaling pathway controls cellular interactions important for the specification of a variety of fates in both invertebrates and vertebrates. Key...
Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells respond to thermal and chemical stress by inducing a group of genes collectively designated heat shock genes. In eukaryotes,...
The ATF/CREB transcription factor family binds the palindromic cAMP response element (CRE) octanucleotide TGACGTCA. The ATF/CREB family includes CREM,...
The helix-loop-helix (HLH) structures are known motifs commonly found in membrane-active and DNA-binding proteins. Helix-loop-helix proteins (HEN1 and HEN2)...
The Sp transcription factor family includes Sp1, Sp2, Sp3 (SPR-2) and Sp4(SPR-1). Sp transcription factors share similar structures but do not share similar...
The Sp transcription factor family includes Sp1, Sp2, Sp3 (SPR-2) and Sp4(SPR-1). Sp transcription factors share similar structures but do not share similar...
The activation of signal transduction pathways by growth factors, hormones and neurotransmitters is mediated by the MAP kinases ERK 1 and ERK 2. ERK proteins...
ADAR2, also designated adenosine deaminase, RNA-specific (RED1), RNA-editing enzyme 1, DRABA2, DRADA2, ADAR2(alpha)-L1, ADAR2(alpha)-L2 and ADAR2(alpha)-L3,...
Casein kinase I (also designated CKI) and casein kinase II (also designated CKII) compose a family of serine/threonine protein kinases which are present in...
The LIM-only (LMO) proteins, LMO1 and LMO2, are nuclear factors that are characterized by a conserved LIM domain. The LIM domain consists of a cysteine-rich...
Dlx5 (distal-less homeobox 5) gene is a member of a homeobox gene family similiar to the Drosophila distal-less gene. The encoded Dlx5 protein is localized...
Adenosine kinase (ATP:adenosine 5 prime phosphotransferase) is an abundant enzyme in mammalian tissues that catalyzes the transfer of the gamma phosphate...
ELL was shown to encode an elongation factor that can increase the catalytic rate of RNA polymerase II transcription by suppressing transient pausing by the...
AF10 is a putative transcription factor containing a leucine zipper motif. A t (10;11) (p12;q23) chromosomal translocation present in a proportion of acute...
EphB4, also known as Htk, Myk1, Tyro11, and Mdk2, is a member of the Eph receptor family, which binds of the ephrin ligand family. Two classes of receptors...
MAPK10 (JNK3) is a member of the MAP kinase family. MAP kinases act as an integration point for multiple biochemical signals, and are involved in a wide...
Proteins containing LIM motifs are typically involved in cell fate determination and growth control. A family of proteins designated LIM kinases, including...