The Drosophila fish-hook gene encodes a HMG domain protein essential for segmentation and CNS development

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3467-3475

  Nambu, Patricia A ^a   Nambu, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS; Drosophila; Fish hook; HMG domain; Segmentation; SOX protein

Indexed keywords

HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; MUTANT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029855381     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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