Functional and bioinformatics analyses reveal conservation of cis-regulatory elements between sciaridae and drosophilidae

Genesis

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-51

  Lecci, Matheus S ^a   Malta, Tathiane M ^a   Flausino, Vinícius T ^a   Gitaí, Daniel L G ^a   Ruiz, Jerônimo C ^a,b   Monesi, Nadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics analyses; Bradysia hygida; DNA puff genes; Drosophila melanogaster; Enhancers; Functional assays; Ring gland; Salivary gland; Sciaridae; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SALIVARY GLAND; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILIDAE; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENES, INSECT; GENES, REGULATOR; GENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BRADYSIA HYGIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; NEPTUNIA; SCIARIDAE;

EID: 40949129132     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20364     Document Type: Article

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