Interaction of short-range repressors with Drosophila CtBP in the embryo

Science

Volumn 280, Issue 5360, 1998, Pages 101-104

  Nibu, Yutaka ^a   Zhang, Hailan ^a   Levine, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPRESSOR PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ADENOVIRIDAE; GASTROPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032478737     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.280.5360.101     Document Type: Article

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