Synergistic activation of a Drosophila enhancer by HOM/EXD and DPP signaling

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 7402-7410

  Grieder, Nicole C ^a   Marty, Thomas ^a   Ryoo, Hyung Don ^b   Mann, Richard S ^b   Affolter, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; ENDODERM; ENHANCER REGION; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0031449215     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.24.7402     Document Type: Article

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