An enhancer region within the copia untranslated leader contains binding sites for Drosophila regulatory proteins

Gene

Volumn 209, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 239-246

  Wilson, Susanne ^a   Matyunina, Lilya V ^a   McDonald, John F ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

copia; Drosophila; Enhancer; Evolution; Gene regulation; Retrotransposon

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; DNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; FAT BODY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; RETROPOSON; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FEMALE; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RETROELEMENTS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0032536882     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00048-1     Document Type: Article

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