Multiple modular promoter elements drive graded brinker expression in response to the Dpp morphogen gradient

Development

Volumn 135, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2183-2192

  Yao, Li Chin ^a   Phin, Sopheap ^a   Cho, Jane ^a   Rushlow, Christine ^b   Arora, Kavita ^a   Warrior, Rahul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brinker; Decapentaplegic; Developmental patterning; Drosophila; Morphogen; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; BRINKER PROTEIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL BINDING PROTEIN; DECAPENTAPLEGIC PROTEIN; MEDEA PROTEIN; MOTHERS AGAINST DECAPENTAPLEGIC PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SCHNURRI PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; INSECT GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 47649092742     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.015826     Document Type: Article

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