Different core promoters possess distinct regulatory activities in the Drosophila embryo

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 547-556

  Ohtsuki, Sumio ^a   Levine, Michael ^a   Cai, Haini N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Core promoter; Drosophila; Initiator elements; Promoter enhancer interactions; TATA box

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TATA BOX; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0032519586     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.4.547     Document Type: Article

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