Cubitus interruptus is necessary but not sufficient for direct activation of a wing-specific decapentaplegic enhancer

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 3669-3677

  Hepker, Jennifer ^a   Blackman, Ronald K ^b,c   Holmgren, Robert ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cubitus interruptus; Decapentaplegic; Drosophila; Hedgehog; Vestigial; Wingless

Indexed keywords

STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; IMAGINAL DISC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CUBITUS; CUBITUS INTERRUPTUS; DROSOPHILA; ERINACEIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0032861137     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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