A homeo domain protein lacking specific side chains of helix 3 can still bind DNA and direct transcriptional repression.

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Published in Genes Dev on January 15, 1995

Authors

A K Vershon1, Y Jin, A D Johnson

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1: Waksman Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855.

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