How to get ahead: The origin, evolution and function of bicoid

BioEssays

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 904-913

  McGregor, Alistair P ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAD PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GAMMA TUBULIN; HOX PROTEIN; INITIATION FACTOR; PROTEIN BCD; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; COEVOLUTION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EGG SIZE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SPECIES COMPARISON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DIPTERA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 26244450030     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20285     Document Type: Review

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