Nomadic enhancers: Tissue-specific cis-regulatory elements of yellow have divergent genomic positions among Drosophila species

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Kalay, Gizem ^a   Wittkopp, Patricia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; Y PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; INSECT GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PIGMENTATION; REGULATORY DNA SEQUENCE; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; FORELIMB; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; METAZOA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOME; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PIGMENTATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WING;

EID: 78649716038     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001222     Document Type: Article

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