Repression of Drosophila pair-rule segmentation genes by ectopic expression of tramtrack.

doi:10.1242/dev.117.1.45

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Repression of Drosophila pair-rule segmentation genes by ectopic expression of tramtrack.

Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Jan 1993

Brown J L, Wu C

Abstract excerpt

The tramtrack (ttk) protein has been proposed as a maternally provided repressor of the fushi tarazu (ftz) gene in Drosophila embryos at the preblastoderm stage. Consistent with this hypothesis, we have detected by immunohistochemistry the presence of ttk protein in preblastoderm embryos. This is...

Topics

Animals
Blotting, Western
DNA-Binding Proteins
Drosophila
Drosophila Proteins
Embryo, Nonmammalian
Gene Expression
Gene Expression Regulation
Genes, Insect
Immunohistochemistry
Phenotype
Repressor Proteins

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