P-element homing is facilitated by engrailed polycomb-group response elements in drosophila melanogaster

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Cheng, Yuzhong ^a   Kwon, Deborah Y ^a   Arai, Allison L ^a   Mucci, Diane ^b   Kassis, Judith A ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; REGULATORY DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENGRAILED POLYCOMB GROUP RESPONSE ELEMENT; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; INSECT CHROMOSOME; INSECT GENOME; MALE; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; P ELEMENT HOMING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENETIC VECTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS;

EID: 84856021982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030437     Document Type: Article

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