Isoform specific control of gene activity in vivo by the Drosophila ecdysone receptor

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 909-918

  Schubiger, Margrit ^a   Tomita, Shuichiro ^a,b   Sung, Carl ^c   Robinow, Steven ^c   Truman, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

DHR3; E75B; EcR mutant; Neuronal pruning

Indexed keywords

ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; ISOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DROSOPHILA; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; LETHALITY; MUTANT; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE LESION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0041829102     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(03)00134-5     Document Type: Article

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