A conserved motif in goosecoid mediates groucho-dependent repression in Drosophila embryos

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 2080-2087

  Jiménez, Gerardo ^a,b   Verrijzer, C Peter ^a   Ish Horowicz, David ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TETRAPEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0345471389     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.3.2080     Document Type: Article

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