Drosophila castor is regulated negatively by the Ubx and abdA genes, but positively by the AbdB gene

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 8-9, 2010, Pages 1251-1258

  Ahn, Ju Hyun ^a   Yoo, Siuk ^b   Park, Hyun Joo ^b   Jung, Keuk Il ^a   Kim, Sang Hee ^c   Jeon, Sang Hak ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^c Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

AbdA; AbdB; Castor; Neuroblast; Ubx

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL A; ABDOMINAL B; CASTOR; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4; ULTRABITHORAX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77957704711     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.093037ja     Document Type: Article

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