A sequence conserved in vertebrate Hox gene introns functions as an enhancer regulated by posterior homeotic genes in Drosophila imaginal discs

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-157

  Keegan, Liam P ^a   Haerry, Theodor E ^a   Crotty, David A ^b   Packer, Alan I ^b   Wolgemuth, Debra J ^b   Gehring, Walter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA binding proteins; Drosophila; Homeotic response element; Hoxa 4; Leg development; Mouse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOMEOBOX; IMAGINAL DISC; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030982227     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(97)00038-5     Document Type: Article

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