The embryonic transcription factor Zelda of Drosophila melanogaster is also expressed in larvae and may regulate developmentally important genes

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 438, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 329-333

  Giannios, Panagiotis ^a   Tsitilou, Sonia G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Larval wing disc; Zelda (Zld)

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZELDA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CONSTRUCT; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL STAGE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EXTRACTION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LARVAL WING DISC; ZELDA (ZLD);

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LARVA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WING;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 84882639940     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.07.071     Document Type: Article

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