Spatial activation and repression of the drosophila vitelline membrane gene VM32E are switched by a complex cis-regulatory system

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 499-506

  Andrenacci, Davide ^a   Cavaliere, Valeria ^a   Cernilogar, Filippo Maria ^a   Gargiulo, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Dip Biol Ev Sper   (Italy)

Author keywords

Follicle cells; Oogenesis; Promoter; Vitelline membrane gene

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SWITCHING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BODY PATTERNING; DNA PROBES; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; GENES, REPORTER; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MODELS, GENETIC; OOGENESIS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033926135     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0177(200007)218:3<499::AID-DVDY1006>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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