Transcriptional repression by the Drosophila Giant protein: cis element positioning provides an alternative means of interpreting an effector gradient

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1201-1210

  Hewitt, Gavin F ^a   Strunk, Bethany S ^a   Margulies, Carla ^a   Priputin, Tory ^a   Wang, Xi De ^a   Amey, Roxane ^a   Pabst, Brandon A ^a   Kosman, Dave ^b   Reinitz, John ^b   Arnosti, David N ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Gap gene; Morphogen gradient; Repression; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENHANCER REGION; GENE REPRESSION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPORTER GENE; REPRESSOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BINDING SITES; BODY PATTERNING; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; INSECT PROTEINS; LAC OPERON; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 0032939216     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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