Article
Transcription activates repressed domains in the Drosophila bithorax complex.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Nov 2002
Bender Welcome, Fitzgerald Daniel P
Abstract excerpt
A series of mutations have been recovered in the bithorax complex of D. melanogaster that transform the first segment of the abdomen into a copy of the second or third abdominal segment. These dominant Ultraabdominal alleles are all associated with P element insertions which are transcribed in the first abdominal segment. The transcripts proceed past the end of the P element for up to 50 kb, extending through the...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Body Patterning
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Genes, Homeobox
- Genes, Insect
- Genes, Regulator
- Multigene Family
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- RNA
- Transcription, Genetic