Lateral gene expression in Drosophila early embryos is supported by grainyhead-mediated activation and tiers of dorsally-localized repression

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Garcia, Mayra ^a   Stathopoulos, Angelike ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPICUA PROTEIN; DNA; DORSAL PROTEIN; GRAINYHEAD PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GRH PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; IND GENE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84055172770     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029172     Document Type: Article

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