Genome-scale functional characterization of Drosophila developmental enhancers in vivo

Nature

Volumn 512, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-95

  Kvon, Evgeny Z ^a,c   Kazmar, Tomas ^a   Stampfel, Gerald ^a   Yáñez Cuna, J Omar ^a   Pagani, Michaela ^a   Schernhuber, Katharina ^a   Dickson, Barry J ^a,b   Stark, Alexander ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME, INSECT; INTERNET; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84905642951     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13395     Document Type: Article

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