TAF(II)s mediate activation of transcription in the Drosophila embryo

Cell

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1271-1284

  Sauer, Frank ^a   Wassarman, David A ^a,b   Rubin, Gerald M ^a   Tjian, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030451171     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81822-X     Document Type: Article

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