Functional evolution of a cis-regulatory module

PLoS Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 0588-0598

  Ludwig, Michael Z ^a   Palsson, Arnar ^a   Alekseeva, Elena ^a   Bergman, Casey M ^b   Nathan, Janaki ^a   Kreitman, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EVEN SKIPPED PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; EVEN-SKIPPED PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

EUKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 19344368645     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030093     Document Type: Article

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