Evolutionary conservation of otd/Otx2 transcription factor action: a genome-wide microarray analysis in Drosophila

Genome Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Montalta He, Haiqiong ^a   Leemans, Ronny ^a   Loop, Thomas ^a   Strahm, Martin ^b   Certa, Ulrich ^c   Primig, Michael ^d   Acampora, Dario ^e   Simeone, Antonio ^e   Reichert, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^c F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Downstream Gene; Downstream Target Gene; Gene Ontology; Oligonucleotide Array; Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE PROTEIN; ORTHODENTICLE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; OTX2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA MICROARRAY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; GENOME; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0036367113     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2002-3-4-research0015     Document Type: Article

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