E(z): A polycomb group gene or a trithorax group gene?

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2189-2197

  LaJeunesse, Dennis ^a   Shearn, Allen ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Homeotic selector genes; Polycomb group; Trithorax group

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMB; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE REPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; IMAGINAL DISC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, INSECT; GENES, REGULATOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT HORMONES; MALE; NUCLEOPROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030038664     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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