A Drosophila winged-helix nude (Whn)-like transcription factor with essential functions throughout development

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 237-248

  Sugimura, Isamu ^a   Adachi Yamada, Takashi ^a   Nishi, Yoshimi ^b   Nishida, Yasuyoshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compound eye; Dorsal closure; Forkhead; HNF 3; Nervous system

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN WHN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; COMPOUND EYE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FORELIMB; HOMEOBOX; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EYE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NERVE TISSUE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WING;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033921035     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.2000.00509.x     Document Type: Article

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