Conservation of read through transcription of the Drosophila serendipity genes during evolution is gratuitous

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 259, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 484-490

  Ibnsouda, S ^a,b   Ferrer, P ^a   Vincent, A ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Polycistronic transcription; Serendipity cluster; Transcriptional interference

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CISTRON; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; BLASTODERM; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CYSTEINE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOMIC LIBRARY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031712469     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050839     Document Type: Article

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