Cofactor-interaction motifs and the cooption of a homeotic Hox protein into the segmentation pathway of Drosophila melanogaster

Current Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 643-649

  Löhr, Ulrike ^a   Pick, Leslie ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 17144415299     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.02.048     Document Type: Article

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