A conserved activation element in BMP signaling during Drosophila development

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-77

  Weiss, Alexander ^a   Charbonnier, Enrica ^b   Ellertsdóttir, Elín ^a   Tsirigos, Aristotelis ^c   Wolf, Christian ^d,e   Schuh, Reinhard ^d   Pyrowolakis, George ^b   Affolter, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e Intervet Innovation GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAUGHTERS AGAINST DPP PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DPP PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SILENCER ELEMENT; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SILENCER ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 77449104227     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1715     Document Type: Article

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