Gene regulatory functions of Drosophila Fish-hook, a high mobility group domain Sox protein

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 169-182

  Ma, Yue ^a   Niemitz, Emily L ^a   Nambu, Patricia A ^a   Shan, Xiaoliang ^a   Sackerson, Charles ^b   Fujioka, Miki ^c   Goto, Tadaatsu ^c   Nambu, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b IONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; HMG domain; Sox gene; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 18544394949     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00050-1     Document Type: Article

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