The Drosophila dysfusion basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH)-PAS gene controls tracheal fusion and levels of the trachealess bHLH-PAS protein

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 5625-5637

  Jiang, Lan ^a   Crews, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; PAS PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL JUNCTION; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUSION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; TRACHEA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRACHEA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HELIX POMATIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0043133845     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.16.5625-5637.2003     Document Type: Article

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