Spatial regulation of Corazonin neuropeptide expression requires multiple cis-acting elements in Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 507, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1184-1195

  Choi, Seung Hoon ^a   Lee, Gyunghee ^a   Monahan, Pamela ^a,b   Park, Jae H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; cis element; Transcription

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; NEUROPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAZONIN GENE; CRZ GENE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE; GENOME ANALYSIS; LARVA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TATA BOX;

5' FLANKING REGION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LARVA; NEUROPEPTIDES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 39649106600     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21594     Document Type: Article

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