Design and function of transcriptional switches in Drosophila

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1257-1273

  Arnosti, D N ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary element; Enhancer; Insulator; Polycomb; Promoter; Promoter specificity; Transcription; Trithorax

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HOST; HUMAN; INSECT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER; METAZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036786481     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(02)00089-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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