The helix-loop-helix proteins dAP-4 and Daughterless bind both in vitro and in vivo to SEBP3 sites required for transcriptional activation of the Drosophila gene Sgs-4

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 291, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-82

  King Jones, Kirst ^a   Korge, Günter ^a   Lehmann, Michael ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

AP 4; Daughterless; Drosophila melanogaster; HLH factors; Sgs genes

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ECDYSTERONE; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR; SECRETION ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SALIVARY GLAND; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

DROSOPHILA;

EID: 0344069644     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2963     Document Type: Article

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