Effects of the su(Hw) insulator protein on the expression of the divergently transcribed Drosophila yolk protein genes

EMBO Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 24, 1995, Pages 6258-6267

  Scott, Kristin S ^a   Geyer, Pamela K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Divergent transcription unit; Domain boundaries; Drosophila; Gene expression; su(Hw) protein

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; YOLK PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029174794     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1995.tb00316.x     Document Type: Article

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