Molecular cloning and characterization of a transcription factor for the copia retrotransposon with homology to the BTB-containing lola neurogenic factor

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 482-494

  Cavarec, Laurent ^a   Jensen, Silke ^a   Casella, Jean François ^a   Cristescu, Sorin Adrian ^a   Heidmann, Thierry ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RETROPOSON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA HYDEI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LOLA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031015987     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.1.482     Document Type: Article

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