New AUG initiation codons in a long 5' UTR create four dominant negative alleles of the Drosophila C2H2 zinc-finger gene ovo

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 207, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 482-487

  Andrews, Justen ^a   Levenson, Ian ^a   Oliver, Brian ^a  

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

Author keywords

C2H2 zinc finger; Dominant negative; Germ line sex determination; Oogenesis

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; START CODON; STOP CODON;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 0031885391     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050139     Document Type: Article

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