Nuclear receptors - A perspective from Drosophila

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 311-323

  King Jones, Kirst ^a   Thummel, Carl S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CELL RECEPTOR; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; INSECT PROTEIN;

DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; REVIEW; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR;

EID: 15944408369     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg1581     Document Type: Review

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