A genetic screen for modifiers of Deformed homeotic function identifies novel genes required for head development

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 3321-3331

  Gellon, Gabriel ^a,b   Harding, Katherine W ^b   McGinnis, Nadine ^b   Martin, Melissa M ^a   McGinnis, William ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apontic; Deformed; Drosophila; Head development; Homeotic genes

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEAD; HOMEOBOX; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HEAD; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030773449     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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