Manipulating the Sensitivity of Signal-Induced Repression: Quantification and Consequences of Altered Brinker Gradients

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Gafner, Lucia ^a   Dalessi, Sascha ^b,d   Escher, Eliane ^a   Pyrowolakis, George ^c   Bergmann, Sven ^b,d   Basler, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BRINKER GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECAPENTAPLEGIC GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRESSOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SILENCER ELEMENT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DOWN-REGULATION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC LOCI; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MUTATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SILENCER ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; WING;

EID: 84881356885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071224     Document Type: Article

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