A novel cis-regulatory element, the PTS, mediates an anti-insulator activity in the Drosophila embryo

Cell

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 567-575

  Zhou, Jumin ^a   Levine, Michael ^a  

^a University of California Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

DROSOPHILA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0033544703     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81546-9     Document Type: Article

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