Drosophila/Vertebrate Genes in Development:
Gap gene family
knirps (kni) encodes steroid/thyroid orphan receptor-type transcription factor containing Cys2/Cys2 DNA-binding zinc finger motif.
Steroid/thyroid orphan receptor-type transcription factor containing Cys2/Cys2 DNA-binding zinc finger motif.
| Regulatory element | Localisation of element | Trans-regulatory factor | Reference | ||
| cis-regulatory element | Upstream 2-kb kni control region | HUNCHBACK(-) | Pankratz et al., 1992 | ||
| kni223 element | CAUDAL(+) | Rivera-Pomar et al., 1995 | |||
| kni64 element | BICOID(+) | ||||
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knirps |
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| kr | gt | eve | h | run | prd | AbdA | AbdB | antp | zen | pdm-1 | pdm-2 |
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HOM-C
HOX-Pro
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