The cis-regulatory code of Hox function in Drosophila

EMBO Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 3323-3333

  Sorge, Sebastian ^a   Ha, Nati ^a   Polychronidou, Maria ^a   Friedrich, Jana ^a   Bezdan, Daniela ^b   Kaspar, Petra ^a   Schaefer, Martin H ^b,c   Ossowski, Stephan ^b,d   Henz, Stefan R ^b   Mundorf, Juliane ^a   Rätzer, Jenny ^a   Papagiannouli, Fani ^a   Lohmann, Ingrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

Author keywords

ChIP seq; Deformed; Drosophila; Hox; transcriptional gene regulation

Indexed keywords

MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEACETYLATION; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HOX GENE; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BINDING SITES; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, INSECT; HISTONE CODE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84864875061     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2012.179     Document Type: Article

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