A stage-specific factor confers Fab-7 boundary activity during early embryogenesis in Drosophila

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1047-1060

  Aoki, Tsutomu ^a   Schweinsberg, Susan ^a,b   Manasson, Julia ^a,c   Schedl, Paul ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chandrika   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN ELBA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; FAB 7 GENE; GENE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL NUCLEUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 38549106606     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01622-07     Document Type: Article

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