An interactive network of zinc-finger proteins contributes to regionalization of the Drosophila embryo and establishes the domains of HOM-C protein function

Development

Volumn 131, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2781-2789

  Robertson, Lisa K ^a   Bowling, Dana B ^a   Mahaffey, James P ^a   Imiolczyk, Barbara ^a   Mahaffey, James W ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Homeotic; Hox; Pattern Formation; Segment identity; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 3242880494     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01159     Document Type: Article

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