Regulation, function and potential origin of the Drosophila gene spalt adjacent, which encodes a secreted protein expressed in the early embryo

Chromosoma

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 445-454

  Reuter, Dirk ^a,d   Kühnlein, Ronald P ^a   Frommer, Götz ^a   Barrio, Rosa ^b   Kafatos, Fotis C ^b,c   Jäckle, Herbert ^a   Schuh, Reinhard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^d MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SECRETORY PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENES, INSECT; GENES, OVERLAPPING; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT HORMONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029864148     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004120050136     Document Type: Article

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