Regulation of dorso/ventral patterning in the Drosophila embryo by multiple Dorsal-interacting proteins

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-17

  Flores Saaib, Rubén D ^a   Courey, Albert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coactivator; Corepressor; Dorsal; Drosophila; Embryonic development; Groucho; Morphogen; Protein protein interaction

Indexed keywords

DORSAL PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; DROSOPHILA; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; INSECT PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0034569782     PISSN: 10859195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/CBB:33:1:1     Document Type: Article

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