Tinman regulates the transcription of the β3 tubulin gene (βTub60D) in the dorsal vessel of Drosophila

Developmental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 327-339

  Kremser, Thomas ^a   Gajewski, Kathleen ^b   Schulz, Robert A ^b   Renkawitz Pohl, Renate ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Heart; Mesoderm; Tinman; 3 tubulin

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

DROSOPHILA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032714962     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9425     Document Type: Article

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