Homeodomain-like DNA binding proteins control the haploid-to-diploid transition in Dictyostelium

• DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1602937
• Publication Date: 2017-09-02T01:00:23Z
• Authors: Katy Hedgethorne; Sebastian Eustermann; Ji-Chun Yang; Tom E. H. Ogden; David Neuhaus; Gareth Bloomfield
• Keywords: Homeodomain Proteins; Models, Molecular; Life Cycle Stages; 0303 health sciences; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Protein Conformation; Protozoan Proteins; Haploidy; Diploidy; Models, Biological; DNA-Binding Proteins; Structure-Activity Relationship; 03 medical and health sciences; Dictyostelium; Amino Acid Sequence; Research Articles; Conserved Sequence

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