Conserved (CT)n.(GA)n repeats in the non-coding regions at the Gpdh locus are binding sites for the GAGA factor in Drosophila melanogaster and its sibling species

Genetica

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-63

  Tchoubrieva, E B ^a   Gibson, J B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

(CT)n.(GA)n repeats; Evolution; GAGA; Glycerol 3 phosphate dehydrogenase; Intron; Regulation

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRL PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETICS; INTRON; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

DROSOPHILA ERECTA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 1842483212     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GENE.0000019922.36436.3c     Document Type: Article

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