The Drosophila Polycomb group gene Sex comb on midleg (Scm) encodes a zinc finger protein with similarity to polyhomeotic protein

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1621-1630

  Bornemann, Douglas ^a   Miller, Ellen ^a   Simon, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior posterior axis; Drosophila; Homeotic; Polycomb group; Repression; Scm; Sex comb on midleg; Zinc finger protein

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMB; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENES, INSECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOPROTEINS; PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; ZINC FINGERS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0029896251     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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