Differential regulation of gastrulation and neuroectodermal gene expression by Snail in the Drosophila embryo

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 3683-3691

  Hemavathy, Kirugaval ^a   Meng, Xiangjun ^a   Ip, Y Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Gastrulation; Mesoderm; Neuroectoderm; Repression; rhomboid; single minded; snail

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; MESODERM; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; MESODERM; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGERS;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 0030778558     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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