The ken and barbie gene encoding a putative transcription factor with a BTB domain and three zinc finger motifs functions in terminalia development of Drosophila

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 77-94

  Lukacsovich, Tamas ^a,d   Yuge, Kazuya ^b   Awano, Wakae ^a   Asztalos, Zoltan ^a,e   Kondo, Shunzo ^a   Juni, Naoto ^a,c   Yamamoto, Daisuke ^a,c  

^a MITSUBISHI KAGAKU INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caudal; Genital disc; Morphogensis; Tailless; TGF

Indexed keywords

TERMINALIA;

ACETYL COENZYME A ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENITAL SYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ACETYL-COA C-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES; GENITALIA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0142151211     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.10105     Document Type: Article

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