Retroviruses

H Varmus - Science, 1988 - science.org
First brought to scientific attention as infectious cancer-causing agents nearly 80 years ago,
retroviruses are popular in contemporary biology for many reasons.(i) The virus life cycle …

Transcription factor control of virulence in phytopathogenic fungi

E John, KB Singh, RP Oliver… - Molecular Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Plant‐pathogenic fungi are a significant threat to economic and food security worldwide.
Novel protection strategies are required and therefore it is critical we understand the …

[HTML][HTML] DNA-binding specificities of human transcription factors

A Jolma, J Yan, T Whitington, J Toivonen, KR Nitta… - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
Although the proteins that read the gene regulatory code, transcription factors (TFs), have
been largely identified, it is not well known which sequences TFs can recognize. We have …

The leucine zipper: a hypothetical structure common to a new class of DNA binding proteins

WH Landschulz, PF Johnson, SL McKnight - Science, 1988 - science.org
A 30-amino-acid segment of C/EBP, a newly discovered enhancer binding protein, shares
notable sequence similarity with a segment of the cellular Myc transforming protein. Display …

IκB: a specific inhibitor of the NF-κB transcription factor

PA Baeuerle, D Baltimore - Science, 1988 - science.org
In cells that do not express immunoglobulin kappa light chain genes, the kappa enhancer
binding protein NF-κB is found in cytosolic fractions and exhibits DNA binding activity only in …

Conservation of transcription factor binding specificities across 600 million years of bilateria evolution

KR Nitta, A Jolma, Y Yin, E Morgunova, T Kivioja… - elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Divergent morphology of species has largely been ascribed to genetic differences in the
tissue-specific expression of proteins, which could be achieved by divergence in cis …

The GCN4 basic region leucine zipper binds DNA as a dimer of uninterrupted α helices: crystal structure of the protein-DNA complex

TE Ellenberger, CJ Brandl, K Struhl, SC Harrison - Cell, 1992 - cell.com
The yeast transcriptional activator GCN4 is 1 of over 30 identified eukaryotic proteins
containing the basic region leucine zipper (bZIP) DNA-binding motif. We have determined …

Isolation and properties of cDNA clones encoding SRF, a transcription factor that binds to the c-fos serum response element

C Norman, M Runswick, R Pollock, R Treisman - Cell, 1988 - cell.com
The serum response element (SRE) is a sequence required for transient transcriptional
activation of genes in response to growth factors. We have isolated cDNA clones encoding …

A p300/CBP-associated factor that competes with the adenoviral oncoprotein E1A

XJ Yang, VV Ogryzko, J Nishikawa, BH Howard… - Nature, 1996 - nature.com
The adenoviral oncoprotein E1A induces progression through the cell cycle by binding to
the products of the p300/CBP and retinoblastoma gene families. A new cellular p300/CBP …

c-Jun dimerizes with itself and with c-Fos, forming complexes of different DNA binding affinities

TD Halazonetis, K Georgopoulos, ME Greenberg… - Cell, 1988 - cell.com
The c-jun and c-fos proto-oncogenes encode proteins that form a complex which regulates
transcription from promoters containing AP-1 activation elements. c&n has specific DNA …