A test of insulator interactions in Drosophila

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2463-2471

  Kuhn, Emily J ^a   Viering, Michaela M ^a   Rhodes, Katherine M ^a   Geyer, Pamela K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhancers; Gene expression; Gypsy; Insulator; Loop domain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GYPSY GENE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; INSULATOR ELEMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PHENOTYPE; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0037566679     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg241     Document Type: Article

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