The function of the Drosophila argos gene product in the development of embryonic chordotonal organs

Developmental Biology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-49

  Okabe, Masataka ^a,b   Sawamoto, Kazunobu ^a,c   Okano, Hideyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029932730     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0093     Document Type: Article

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