Structure and evolution of a pair-rule interaction element: Runt regulatory sequences in D. melanogaster and D. virilis

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-99

  Wolff, Christian ^a   Pepling, Melissa ^b   Gergen, Peter ^b   Klingler, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicoid; Development; DNA binding proteins; Hairy; Molecular evolution; Pair rule gene; Pattern formation; Regulatory elements; Runt; Segmentation; Upstream sequences

Indexed keywords

DNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BODY PATTERNING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032903438     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00196-8     Document Type: Article

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