The fork head product directly specifies the tissue-specific hormone responsiveness of the Drosophila Sgs-4 gene

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 4825-4834

  Lehmann, Michael ^a   Korge, Günter ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Broad complex; Fork head; Hormone responsivenes; SEBP2; Sgs 4

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTERONE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HEAD; HOMEOBOX; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SALIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0029814689     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00863.x     Document Type: Article

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