Segmentation and specification of the Drosophila mesoderm

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 3183-3194

  Azpiazu, Natalia ^a,c   Lawrence, Peter A ^b   Vincent, Jean Paul ^b   Frasch, Manfred ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

even skipped; fat body; heart; hedgehog; Mesoderm; segmentation; visceral musculature; wingless

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; MESODERM; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCERA;

ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 0030460814     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.24.3183     Document Type: Article

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