Quantitative and predictive model of transcriptional control of the Drosophila melanogaster even skipped gene

Nature Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1159-1165

  Janssens, Hilde ^a   Hou, Shuling ^b   Jaeger, Johannes ^a   Kim, Ah Ram ^a   Myasnikova, Ekaterina ^c   Sharp, David ^d   Reinitz, John ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PETER THE GREAT ST PETERSBURG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EVEN SKIPPED PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CAUDAL; PROTEIN GIANT; PROTEIN TAILLESS; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MODEL; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 33749137281     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1886     Document Type: Article

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