Distinct Molecular Strategies for Hox-Mediated Limb Suppression in Drosophila: From Cooperativity to Dispensability/Antagonism in TALE Partnership

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Sambrani, Nagraj ^a   Hudry, Bruno ^a   Maurel Zaffran, Corinne ^a   Zouaz, Amel ^a   Mishra, Rakesh ^b   Merabet, Samir ^a   Graba, Yacine ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DLL GENE; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA; GENE; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXTREMITIES; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA;

EID: 84874773933     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003307     Document Type: Article

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