The Drosophila insulator proteins CTCF and CP190 link enhancer blocking to body patterning

EMBO Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 4203-4214

  Mohan, Man ^a   Bartkuhn, Marek ^a   Herold, Martin ^a   Philippen, Angela ^a   Heinl, Nina ^a   Bardenhagen, Imke ^a   Leers, Joerg ^a   White, Robert A H ^b   Renkawitz Pohl, Renate ^c   Saumweber, Harald ^d   Renkawitz, Rainer ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal B; Bithorax complex; CP190; Homeotic; Hox

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CP190 PROTEIN; CTCF PROTEIN; SU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; HOMEOBOX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETHALITY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSULATOR ELEMENTS; LARVA; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34948900929     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601851     Document Type: Article

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