title: Human CCAAT displacement protein is homologous to the Drosophila homeoprotein, cut.
abstract: Human CCAAT displacement protein (CDP), a putative repressor of developmentally regulated gene expression, was purified from HeLa cells by DNA binding-site affinity chromatography. cDNA encoding CDP was obtained by immunoscreening a lambda gt11 library with antibody raised against purified protein. The deduced primary amino acid sequence of CDP reveals remarkable homology to Drosophila cut with respect to the presence of a unique homeodomain and "cut repeats". As cut participates in determination of cell fate in several tissues in Drosophila, the similarity predicts a broad role for CDP in mammalian development.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Neufeld
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Skalnik
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Lievens
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Orkin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D015870:Gene Expression; D006367:HeLa Cells; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D014157:Transcription Factors
chemical_list: C080632:CUX1 protein, human; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C066381:ct protein, Drosophila; D004247:DNA