Trans-acting factors required for inclusion of regulated exons in the Ultrabithorax mRNAs of Drosophila melanogaster

Genetics

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1517-1529

  Burnette, James M ^a   Hatton, Allyson R ^a   Lopez, A Javier ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); EXONS; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032945738     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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