Developmental modulation of Fab-7 boundary function

Development

Volumn 131, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 4743-4749

  Schweinsberg, Susan E ^a   Schedl, Paul ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abd B; Bithorax; Boundary; Drosophila; Fab 7; Insulator

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; FAB 7 PROTEIN; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; EUKARYOTE; GENE CONTROL; IN VIVO STUDY; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; GENES, REPORTER; LAC OPERON;

EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 7244224984     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01343     Document Type: Article

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