A conserved cluster of homeodomain binding sites in the mouse Hoxa-4 intron functions in Drosophila embryos as an enhancer that is directly regulated by Ultrabithorax

Developmental Biology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-15

  Haerry, Theodor E ^a,b   Gehring, Walter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Dept of Molec Biol/Biochemistry ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC REGULATION; INTRON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031170789     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8582     Document Type: Article

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