Controlling gene expression in Drosophila using engineered zinc finger protein transcription factors

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 348, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 873-879

  Jamieson, Andrew C ^a   Guan, Bo ^b   Cradick, Thomas J ^a   Xiao, Hong ^b   Holmes, Michael C ^a   Gregory, Philip D ^a   Carroll, Pamela M ^b  

^a SANGAMO BIOSCIENCES INC   (United States)

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; fushi tarazu; Gene regulation; Methyl CpG binding domain; Transcription; Zinc finger protein

Indexed keywords

METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; FUSHI TARAZU GENE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAT SHOCK; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; LARVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; STAINING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FUSHI TARAZU TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TELLURIUM; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; ZINC FINGERS;

METAZOA; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 33747193302     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.07.137     Document Type: Article

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