Mechanisms regulating target gene selection by the homeodomain-containing protein Fushi tarazu

Development

Volumn 127, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 2965-2976

  Nasiadka, Andrzej ^a   Grill, Allan ^a   Krause, Henry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Fushi tarazu; Homeodomain; Specificity; Target genes

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BINDING SITES; BODY PATTERNING; CELL LINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FUSHI TARAZU TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS PROTEIN VMW65; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033930864     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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