Sectorial gene repression in the control of development

Gene

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 263-276

  Zuckerkandl, E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colinearity; Determination; Gene regulation; Mosaic development; Superrepression; Transdetermination

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

DEVELOPMENT; DIFFERENTIATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032832302     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00293-0     Document Type: Article

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