Enhancer sequences influence the role of the amino-terminal domain of bicoid in transcription

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 4439-4448

  Fu, Dechen ^a   Zhao, Chen ^a,c   Ma, Jun ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICOID; MORPHOGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0038721246     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.13.4439-4448.2003     Document Type: Article

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