Regulation of Drosophila spalt gene expression

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 107-118

  Kühnlein, Ronald P ^a   Brönner, Günter ^b   Taubert, Heike ^a   Schuh, Reinhard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Regulation; Spalt

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOBOX; IMAGINAL DISC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BLASTODERM; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0343488465     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(97)00103-2     Document Type: Article

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