The gap protein knirps mediates both quenching and direct repression in the Drosophila embryo

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 3659-3666

  Arnosti, David N ^a   Gray, Susan ^a   Barolo, Scott ^a   Zhou, Jumin ^a   Levine, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila embryo; Knirps; Nuclear receptor; Repression; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE REPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030010704     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00735.x     Document Type: Article

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