u-shaped encodes a zinc finger protein that regulates the proneural genes achaete and scute during the formation of bristles in Drosophila

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 3083-3095

  Cubadda, Yolande ^a   Heitzler, Pascal ^a   Ray, Robert P ^b,c   Bourouis, Marc ^a   Ramain, Philippe ^a   Gelbart, William ^b   Simpson, Pat ^a   Haenlin, Marc ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achaete; Bristle pattern; Drosophila; Scute; U shaped; Zinc finger protein

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SENSORY SYSTEM;

EID: 0030668934     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.22.3083     Document Type: Article

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