Redundant control of Ultrabithorax by zeste involves functional levels of zeste protein binding at the Ultrabithorax promoter

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2303-2311

  Laney, Jeffrey D ^a   Biggin, Mark D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; GAGA; Redundancy; Transcription; Ultrabithorax; zeste

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030057803     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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