Drosophila brachyenteron regulates gene activity and morphogenesis in the gut

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3707-3718

  Singer, Jonathan B ^a   Harbecke, Ruth ^a   Kusch, Thomas ^b   Reuter, Rolf ^b   Lengyel, Judith A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachyenteron (byn); Brachyury; Drosophila; Embryogenesis; Gut development; Try

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; DEVELOPMENT; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; INTESTINE; MALPIGHIAN TUBULE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BODY PATTERNING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 0030481706     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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