DCtBP mediates transcriptional repression by Knirps, Kruppel and Snail in the Drosophila embryo

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 7009-7020

  Nibu, Yutaka ^a   Zhang, Hailan ^a   Bajor, Ewa ^b   Barolo, Scott ^c   Small, Stephen ^b   Levine, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CtBP; Drosophila; Embryo; Knirps; Kruppel; Snail

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE;

DROSOPHILA; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0032403085     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.23.7009     Document Type: Article

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