Molecular genetic analysis of the drosophila melanogaster trithorax-like gene coding for the GAGA transcription factor

Genetika

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 467-474

  Katokhin, A V ^a   Pindyurin, A V ^a   Fedorova, E V ^a   Baricheva, E M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRL PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INTRON; MUTATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTRONS; MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0035321353     PISSN: 00166758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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