A conserved regulatory element present in all Drosophila rhodopsin genes mediates Pax6 functions and participates in the fine-tuning of cell-specific expression

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 143-153

  Papatsenko, Dmitri ^a   Nazina, Anna ^a   Desplan, Claude ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila rhodopsin; Pax6

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TATA BOX;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RHODOPSIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0035117965     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(00)00581-5     Document Type: Article

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