Functional analysis of eve stripe 2 enhancer evolution in Drosophila, rules governing conservation and change

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 949-958

  Ludwig, Michael Z ^a,b   Patel, Nipam H ^b,c   Kreitman, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MC1028 ^*  (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Enhancer; even skipped; Evolution; Transcription

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANS ACTING FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA ERECTA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA; DROSOPHILA YAKUBA; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031889035     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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