Cloning and characterization of dRFX, the Drosophila member of the RFX family of transcription factors

Gene

Volumn 246, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 285-293

  Durand, Bénédicte ^a   Vandaele, Camille ^a   Spencer, Doran ^a   Pantalacci, Sophie ^a   Couble, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Brain; DNA binding; Embryogenesis; Fruitfly; Peripheral nervous system; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME 3; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0034603701     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00093-7     Document Type: Article

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