Regulation of a dpp target gene in the Drosophila embryo

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 303-311

  Rusch, Jannette ^a   Levine, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnioserosa; dpp; Drosophila; Epidermis; Race; Screw; TGF ; Transcription factor; Zerknullt

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DROSOPHILA; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; EPIDERMIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; MIDGUT; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CROSSES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0031054569     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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