hairy mediates dominant repression in the Drosophila embryo

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2883-2891

  Barolo, Scott ^b   Levine, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic helix loop helix; Development; Drosophila; Long range dominant repressor; Neuroectodermal enhancer

Indexed keywords

DNA; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; ENHANCER REGION; MESODERM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BINDING SITES; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030962902     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.10.2883     Document Type: Article

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