Combinatorial patterning mechanisms in the Drosophila embryo

Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 243-249

  Chopra, Vivek S ^a   Levine, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cis regulatory elements; Drosophila; DV patterning; Enhancers; Repressors

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DORSAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONVERSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MESODERM; NERVE CORD; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SILENCER ELEMENT; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; SILENCER ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 70349558886     PISSN: 14739550     EISSN: 14774062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elp026     Document Type: Article

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