Drosophila goosecoid participates in neural development but not in body axis formation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3077-3084

  Hahn, Mounou ^a   Jäckle, Herbert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Goosecoid; Homeodomain; Stomatogastric nervous system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENT; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; GENE; HOMEOBOX; NERVE CELL; NERVE GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029950139     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00670.x     Document Type: Article

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