Molecular characterization of the 71E late puff in Drosophila melanogaster reveals a family of novel genes

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 387-400

  Wright, Lawrence G ^a   Chen, Tonghui ^b,c   Thummel, Carl S ^b,c   Guild, Gregory M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome puff; Drosophila; Ecdysone; Gene family; Metamorphosis

Indexed keywords

BASIC PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME PUFF; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029866248     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0032     Document Type: Article

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