The design and analysis of a homeotic response element

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 217-226

  White, Robert A H ^a   Aspland, Simon E ^a   Brookman, Jenny J ^a   Clayton, Lesley ^a   Sproat, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distal less; DNA binding protein; Drosophila; Extradenticle; Gene regulation; Grainyhead; Homeotic gene; Hox gene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; EMBRYO; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 0034000965     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00306-8     Document Type: Article

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