Transcriptional Activation of the Zygotic Genome in Drosophila

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 113, Issue , 2015, Pages 85-112

  Harrison, Melissa M ^a   Eisen, Michael B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Differentiation; Drosophila; Gene expression; Zygotic genome activation

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETICS; INSECT GENOME; METABOLISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENOME, INSECT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; ZYGOTE;

EID: 84946485572     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctdb.2015.07.028     Document Type: Chapter

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