Regulation and function of the terminal gap gene huckebein in the Drosophila blastoderm

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 157-165

  Brönner, Günter ^a,b   Jäckle, Herbert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drosophila embryogenesis; Gene regulation; Germ layer formation; Spatial gene expression; Terminal gap genes; Zinc finger protein

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GERM LAYER; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYGOSITY;

ANIMALS; BLASTODERM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0029985742     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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