The Fab-7 element of the bithorax complex attenuates enhancer-promoter interactions in the Drosophila embryo

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 3195-3201

  Zhou, Jumin ^a   Barolo, Scott ^b   Szymanski, Paul ^c   Levine, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Amplicon Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

attenuator; Drosophila; enhancer; Fab 7

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 0030452423     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.24.3195     Document Type: Article

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