Germ line and embryonic expression of fex, a member of the Drosophila f-element retrotransposon family, is mediated by an internal cis-regulatory control region

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2998-3007

  Kerber, Birgit ^a   Fellert, Sonja ^a   Taubert, Heike ^a   Hoch, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM LINE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; GENES, REGULATOR; GERM CELLS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; RETROELEMENTS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0029977346     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.6.2998     Document Type: Article

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