Design flexibility in cis-regulatory control of gene expression: Synthetic and comparative evidence

Developmental Biology

Volumn 327, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 578-589

  Liberman, Louisa M ^a   Stathopoulos, Angelike ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal; Dorsal ventral patterning; Drosophila early embryo; Evolution of cis regulatory mechanisms; Neurogenic ectoderm specification; Transcriptional regulation; Zelda

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECTODERM; GASTRULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 60549089720     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.12.020     Document Type: Article

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