A Common Set of DNA Regulatory Elements Shapes Drosophila Appendages

Developmental Cell

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 306-318

  McKay, Daniel J ^a   Lieb, Jason D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; IMAGINAL DISC; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; INSECT GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84887564921     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: 18781551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2013.10.009     Document Type: Article

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