The vrille gene of Drosophila is a maternal enhancer of decapentaplegic and encodes a new member of the bZIP family of transcription factors.

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Published in Genetics on August 01, 1997

Authors

H George1, R Terracol

Author Affiliations

1: Institut Jacques Monod, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Université Paris, France.

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