Cooperative DNA-binding by Bicoid provides a mechanism for threshold-dependent gene activation in the Drosophila embryo

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 5998-6009

  Burz, David S ^a   Rivera Pomar, Rolande ^a,b   Jäckle, Herbert ^a,b   Hanes, Steven D ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior posterior; Bicoid; Cooperativity; knirps

Indexed keywords

DNA; MORPHOGEN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0032531831     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.20.5998     Document Type: Article

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