Antibodies against the D-domain of a Chironomus ecdysone receptor protein react with DNA puff sites in Trichosia pubescens

Chromosoma

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 456-464

  Stocker, Ann Jacob ^a   Amabis, J Mariano ^a   Gorab, Eduardo ^a   Elke, Carsten ^b   Lezzi, Markus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ECDYSONE; HORMONE RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; RHODAMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SYNTHESIS; LARVA; NONHUMAN; RNA SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BINDING SITES; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHROMOSOMES; DIPTERA; ECDYSONE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031466381     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004120050267     Document Type: Article

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