Engrailed genes

Figure 9.11 Amino acid sequences of homeodomains from four differenf franscription factors Anfp is from fhe Antennapedia gene in the fruitfly Drosophila, a2 is from the yeast Mat o2 gene, eng is from fhe engrailed gene in Drosophila and POU is from fhe POU homeodomain in the mammalian gene Oct-1. Residues colored green form the hydrophobic core of the homeodomain, blue form nonspecific interactions with the DNA backbone and red form contacts with the edges of the DNA bases.

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