An endogenous Su(Hw) insulator separates the yellow gene from the Achaete-scute gene complex in Drosophila

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 3249-3258

  Golovnin, Anton ^a,b,c   Birukova, Inna ^a,d   Romanova, Olga ^a   Silicheva, Margarita ^a   Parshikov, Akeksander ^a   Savitskaya, Ekaterina ^a,b   Pirrotta, Vincenzo ^c   Georgiev, Pavel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Achaete scute complex; Drosophila melanogaste; Enhancer blocking; Insulator; Mod(mdg4); Su(Hw)

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; PROTEIN MOD(MDG4); PROTEIN SU(HW); REGULATOR PROTEIN; SPACER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE FUSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0042170294     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00543     Document Type: Article

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