The PAS domain confers target gene specificity of Drosophila bHLH/PAS proteins

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 2079-2089

  Zelzer, Elazar ^a   Wappner, Pablo ^a   Shilo, Ben Zion ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

ARNT; bHLH PAS; Gene expression; HIF1 ; Midline; Single minded; Trachea; Trachealess

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; DNA; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030851024     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.16.2079     Document Type: Article

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