Mechanism and Bicoid-dependent control of hairy stripe 7 expression in the posterior region of the Drosophila embryo

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 4403-4411

  La Rosée, Anna ^a   Häder, Thomas ^a   Taubert, Heike ^a   Rivera Pomar, Rolando ^a   Jäckle, Herbert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bicoid dependent posterior gene activation; Drosophila segmentation; Stripe 7 element; Stripe expression; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BLASTODERM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPORTER GENE; REPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING SITES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0343247787     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.14.4403     Document Type: Article

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