Non-redundant selector and growth-promoting functions of two sister genes, buttonhead and Sp1, in Drosophila leg development

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Estella, Carlos ^a   Mann, Richard S ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BUTTONHEAD; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BUTTONHEAD PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; SP1 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GROWTH REGULATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; LIMB MALFORMATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEG; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; METAZOA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LOWER EXTREMITY; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77954158348     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001001     Document Type: Article

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