A homologue of the vertebrate SET domain and zinc finger protein Blimp-1 regulates terminal differentiation of the tracheal system in the Drosophila embryo

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 216, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 243-252

  Ng, Teclise ^a   Yu, Fengwei ^b   Roy, Sudipto ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Blimp 1; Drosophila; SET domain; Trachea; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRACHEA; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRACHEA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33645872116     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-005-0044-5     Document Type: Article

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