A core transcriptional network for early mesoderm development in Drosophila melanogaster

Genes and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 436-449

  Sandmann, Thomas ^a   Girardot, Charles ^a   Brehme, Marc ^a,c   Tongprasit, Waraporn ^b   Stolc, Viktor ^b   Furlong, Eileen E M ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chip on chip; Dorsal; Mesoderm; Temporal regulation; Transcriptional network; Twist

Indexed keywords

DORSAL PROTEIN; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2; PROTEIN; TINMAN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE CASSETTE; IN VIVO STUDY; MESODERM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MESODERM; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 33847271755     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1509007     Document Type: Article

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