A Schnurri/Mad/Medea complex attenuates the dorsal-twist gradient readout at vnd

Developmental Biology

Volumn 378, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-72

  Crocker, Justin ^a   Erives, Albert ^b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal; Dpp; Drosophila; Enhancers; Morphogen gradients; Vnd

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; MAD PROTEIN; MEDEA PROTEIN; SCHNURRI PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILENCER ELEMENT;

EID: 84877143470     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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