How does the fushi tarazu gene activate engrailed in the Drosophila embryo?

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 28-34

  Lawrence, Peter A ^a   Pick, Leslie ^b  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartment; Engrailed; Fushi tarazu; Parasegments

Indexed keywords

FTZ PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BODY PATTERNING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FUSHI TARAZU TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 0031846933     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1998)23:1<28::AID-DVG3>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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