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...
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