Characterization of functional domains of the su(Hw) protein that mediate the silencing effect of mod(mdg4) mutations

Genetics

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 153-161

  Gdula, David A ^a,b   Corces, Victor G ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RETROPOSON; SILENCER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT HORMONES; MALE; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031033913     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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