Retinal morphogenesis in Drosophila: Hints from an eye-specific decapentaplegic allele

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 197-207

  Chanut, Françoise ^a   Heberlein, Ulrike ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

dpp; Drosophila; Eye development; Morphogenetic furrow; Patched

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DROSOPHILA; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RETINA CELL;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; RETINA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030802110     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1997)20:3<197::AID-DVG3>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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