Ftz-F1 is a cofactor in Ftz activation of the Drosophila engrailed gene

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 839-847

  Florence, Brian ^a,c   Guichet, Antoine ^b   Ephrussi, Anne ^b   Laughon, Allen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Europ Molec Biology Organisation   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Engrailed enhancer; Ftz; Ftz F1; Fushi tarazu; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FUSHI TARAZU TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT HORMONES; INSECT PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031018779     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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