The repressor function of Snail is required for Drosophila gastrulation and is not replaceable by Escargot or Worniu

Developmental Biology

Volumn 269, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 411-420

  Hemavathy, Kirugaval ^a   Hu, Xiaodi ^a   Ashraf, Shovon I ^a   Small, Stephen J ^b   Ip, Y Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CtBP; Drosophila; Gastrulation; Mesoderm; Repressor; Snail

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN ESCARGOT; PROTEIN WORNIU; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING MOTIF; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GASTRULATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; INVAGINATION; MESODERM; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

GASTROPODA; HELIX POMATIA;

EID: 1942425459     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.01.029     Document Type: Article

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