Drosophila gypsy insulator and yellow enhancers regulate activity of yellow promoter through the same regulatory element

Chromosoma

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-145

  Melnikova, Larisa ^a   Kostuchenko, Margarita ^a   Silicheva, Margarita ^a   Georgiev, Pavel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GENE PRODUCT; MOD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CROSS; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; RETROPOSON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TATA BOX;

ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PIGMENTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RETROELEMENTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 41149127326     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00412-007-0132-6     Document Type: Article

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