Transcriptional regulation of the Methuselah gene by dorsal protein in Drosophila melanogaster

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 261-268

  Kim, Hyukmin ^a   Kim, Jinsu ^a   Lee, Yoonsoo ^a   Yang, Jaeyeon ^a   Han, Kyuhyung ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dorsal (dl); Drosophila; Lifespan; Methuselah (mth); Promoter

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; PROTEIN METHUSELAH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DORSAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL ASSAY; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IN VIVO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSECT CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRECIPITATION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA;

EID: 33646562150     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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