Developement regulation of the Drosophila Tropomyosin I (TmI) gene is controlled by muscle activator enhancer region that contains multiple cis- elements and binding sites for multiple proteins

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 297-306

  Lin, Shu Chun ^a   Storti, Robert V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Gene regulation; Muscle gene transcription; Myogenesis; P elements transformation; Tropomyosin genes

Indexed keywords

TROPOMYOSIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; MEF2 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; MYOCYTE SPECIFIC ENHANCER BINDING FACTOR 2; MYOCYTE-SPECIFIC ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 2; MYOGENIC FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH REGULATION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MESODERM; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPORTER GENE;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; GENES, REPORTER; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MESODERM; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLES; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TROPOMYOSIN;

EID: 0030610754     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1997)20:4<297::AID-DVG1>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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