Drosophila OVO zinc-finger protein regulates ovo and ovarian tumor target promoters

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 208, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 213-222

  Lü, Jining ^a   Andrews, Justen ^a   Pauli, Daniel ^b   Oliver, Brian ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

C2H2 zinc finger; Germline sex determination; Oogenesis; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOGENESIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0031875767     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050175     Document Type: Article

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