The Drosophila short gastrulation gene prevents Dpp from autoactivating and suppressing neurogenesis in the neuroectoderm

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 2922-2934

  Biehs, Brian ^a   François, Vincent ^a,b   Bier, Ethan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

decapentaplegic (dpp); dorsal ventral axis; Drosophila; evolution; morphogen; neuroectoderm; short gastrulation (sog); TGF

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029844975     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.22.2922     Document Type: Article

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