Naturally occurring transposable elements disrupt hsp70 promoter function in Drosophila melanogaster

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 776-783

  Lerman, Daniel N ^a   Feder, Martin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; hsp70; Promoter; Transcriptional regulation; Transposable element

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; LUCIFERASE;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FERTILITY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEAT TOLERANCE; INSECT CELL; LUMINESCENCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 14544308018     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi063     Document Type: Article

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