Tissue-specific splicing and functions of the Drosophila transcription factor Grainyhead

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 6727-6735

  Uv, Anne E ^a,b   Harrison, Emma J ^a   Bray, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LETHAL GENE; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030832046     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.11.6727     Document Type: Article

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