Common motifs shared by conserved enhancers of Drosophila midline glial genes

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 316 B, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-75

  Fulkerson, Eric ^a   Estes, Patricia Ann ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GLIA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROGLIA; PHOSPHOPROTEINS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 78650136358     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21382     Document Type: Article

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