The transcription factor Grainy head and the steroid hormone ecdysone cooperate during differentiation of the skin of Drosophila melanogaster

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 283-295

  Gangishetti, U ^a   Veerkamp, J ^b,d   Bezdan, D ^c,e   Schwarz, H ^b   Lohmann, I ^c   Moussian, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^e CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

Author keywords

cuticle; Drosophila; ecdysone; epidermis; Grainy head

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; ECDYSONE; GRH PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; LUCIFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL STRAIN HEK293; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BODY PATTERNING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ECDYSONE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84861101651     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2012.01134.x     Document Type: Article

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