A conserved region of engrailed, shared among all en-, gsc-, Nk1-, Nk2- and msh-class homeoproteins, mediates active transcriptional repression in vivo

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3141-3150

  Smith, Sheryl T ^a   Jaynes, James B ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active repression; Drosophila; Embryonic development; Engrailed; Fushi tarazu; Homeodomain; Transcriptional repressor

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOMEOBOX; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FUSHI TARAZU TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT HORMONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029846335     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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