Specificity of DNA-binding by the FAX-1 and NHR-67 nuclear receptors of Caenorhabditis elegans is partially mediated via a subclass-specific P-box residue

Stephen D DeMeo^{* 1,2} , Rebecca M Lombel^{* 1,3} , Melissa Cronin¹ , Eric L Smith^1,4 , Danielle R Snowflack^1,5 , Kristy Reinert^1,6 , Sheila Clever^{* 1} and Bruce Wightman¹

¹Biology Department, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA 18104, USA

²Current address : Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19131, USA

³Current address : Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA

⁴Current address : Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA

⁵Current address : Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA

⁶Current address : School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA