Insulator and ovo proteins determine the frequency and specificity of insertion of the gypsy retrotransposon in Drosophila melanogaster

Genetics

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1367-1378

  Labrador, Mariano ^a,b   Sha, Ky ^a,c   Li, Alice ^a,d   Corces, Victor G ^a,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; OVO PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; OVO PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; YELLOW B PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; YELLOW-B PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; GYPSY GENE; INDEL MUTATION; INSECT GENETICS; INSULATOR ELEMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIRUS; REPORTER GENE; RETROPOSON; RETROVIRUS; TRANSGENE; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; INSULATOR ELEMENTS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RETROELEMENTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 59449100562     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.108.094318     Document Type: Article

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