Kruppel target gene knockout participates in the proper innervation of a specific set of Drosophila larval muscles

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 5299-5309

  Hartmann, Christine ^a   Landgraf, Matthias ^a,b   Bate, Michael ^a   Jäckle, Herbert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Embryo; Knockout; Kruppel; Muscle

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; KNOCKOUT PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; KRUPPEL PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; MUSCLE PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE TARGETING; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE; GENETICS; INNERVATION; LARVA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCLE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENES, INSECT; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLES; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, ANTISENSE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STEM CELLS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0030769749     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.17.5299     Document Type: Article

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