Transcriptional control of Drosophila bicoid by serendipity δ: Cooperative binding sites, promoter context, and co-evolution

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 125-134

  Ruez, Cécile ^a   Payre, François ^a   Vincent, Alain ^a  

^a Centre de Biologie du Developpement Toulouse   (France)

Author keywords

bicoid transcription; Co evolution; Drosophila oogenesis; Serendipity homodimers

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OVARY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 0031650037     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00159-2     Document Type: Article

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