Concentration-dependent patterning by an ectopic expression domain of the Drosophila gap gene knirps

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1343-1354

  Kosman, David ^a   Small, Stephen ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Ectopic expression; Even skipped; Knirps; Pair rule gene

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DIFFUSION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE TARGETING; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BODY PATTERNING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FUSHI TARAZU TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; YEASTS;

EID: 0030887991     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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