Target specificities of Drosophila Enhancer of split basic helix-loop- helix proteins

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 4600-4610

  Jennings, Barbara H ^a   Tyler, David M ^a   Bray, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER REGION; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; RNA SPLICING;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033063050     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.7.4600     Document Type: Article

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