title: ARID proteins come in from the desert.
abstract: Members of the recently discovered ARID (AT-rich interaction domain) family of DNA-binding proteins are found in fungi and invertebrate and vertebrate metazoans. ARID-encoding genes are involved in a variety of biological processes including embryonic development, cell lineage gene regulation and cell cycle control. Although the specific roles of this domain and of ARID-containing proteins in transcriptional regulation are yet to be elucidated, they include both positive and negative transcriptional regulation and a likely involvement in the modification of chromatin structure.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Molecular Genetics of Development and Dept of Genetics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Kortschak
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Tucker
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saint
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015003:Yeasts
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins