Dissecting the regulatory switches of development: Lessons from enhancer evolution in Drosophila

Development

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-13

  Borok, Matthew J ^a   Tran, Diana A ^a   Ho, Margaret C W ^a   Drewell, Robert A ^a  

^a HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVEN SKIPPED STRIPE 2 ENHANCER PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; NEUROGENIC ECTODERM ENHANCER PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE SWITCHING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 73649114935     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.036160     Document Type: Article

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