A chimeric enhancer-of-split transcriptional activator drives neural development and achaete-scute expression

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 4355-4362

  Jiménez, Gerardo ^a   Ish Horowicz, David ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER REGION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 1842336793     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.8.4355     Document Type: Article

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