Charlatan, a Zn-finger transcription factor, establishes a novel level of regulation of the proneural achaete/scute genes of Drosophila

Development

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1211-1222

  Escudero, Luis M ^a,c   Caminero, Eva ^a   Schulze, Karen L ^b   Bellen, Hugo J ^b   Modolell, Juan ^a  

^a CENTRO DE BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achaete scute; ASC (AS C); Bristle development; Charlatan; Drosophila; Proneural genes; Zn finger transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CHARLATAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ACHAETE GENE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATOR GENE; SCUTE GENE; SENSE ORGAN;

NASA DISCIPLINE DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 17244362331     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01691     Document Type: Article

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