Bicoid determines sharp and precise target gene expression in the Drosophila embryo

Current Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 1888-1898

  Crauk, Olivier ^a   Dostatni, Nathalie ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICOID PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; STAUFEN PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 27644547453     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.09.046     Document Type: Article

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