Drosophila cubitus interruptus forms a negative feedback loop with and regulates expression of Hedgehog target genes

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 549-558

  Hepker, Jennifer ^a   Wang, Qun Tian ^a   Motzny, Cynthia K ^a   Holmgren, Robert ^a   Orenic, Teresa Vales ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cubitus interruptus; Drosophila; Feedback loop; Hedgehog; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; IMAGINAL DISC; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA; CUBITUS; CUBITUS INTERRUPTUS; ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 0031040287     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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