Drosophila melanogaster Zelda and Single-minded collaborate to regulate an evolutionarily dynamic CNS midline cell enhancer

Developmental Biology

Volumn 366, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 420-432

  Pearson, Joseph C ^a   Watson, Joseph D ^a   Crews, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CG13333; CNS midline; Drosophila; Link; Single minded; Zelda

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZELDA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZLD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BLASTODERM; BRAIN CELL; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA ERRECTA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA YAKUBA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LINK GENE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIM GENE; TRACHEA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ZELDA GENE;

DROSOPHILA ERECTA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA YAKUBA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 84861223461     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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