A novel boundary element may facilitate independent gene regulation in the Antennapedia complex of Drosophila

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3113-3121

  Belozerov, Vladimir E ^a   Majumder, Parimal ^a   Shen, Ping ^a   Cai, Haini N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary; Enhancer promoter specificity; Ftz; HOM Hox; Insulator; Scr

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAPEDIA COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; FTZ GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SCR GENE; SF1 GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTENNAPEDIA HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FEMALE; FUSHI TARAZU TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSULATOR ELEMENTS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 0037938506     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg297     Document Type: Article

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