The Mcp element from the Drosophila melanogaster bithorax complex mediates long-distance regulatory interactions

Genetics

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1333-1356

  Muller, Martin ^a,c   Hagstrom, Kirsten ^a   Gyurkovics, Henrik ^b   Pirrotta, Vincenzo ^c   Schedl, Paul ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FUSHI TARAZU TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032712145     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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