Characterization of the transvection mediating region of the Abdominal-B locus in Drosophila

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 3057-3065

  Zhou, Jumin ^a   Ashe, Hilary ^a   Burks, Christian ^b   Levine, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EXELIXIS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Abd B; Drosophila melanogaster; Enhancer; Fab 7; Fab 8; IAB7; IAB8; Insulator; Promoter; tmr; Transvection

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032784608     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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