The Pax2 homolog sparkling is required for development of cone and pigment cells in the Drosophila eye

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 2066-2078

  Fu, Weimin ^a   Noll, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cone cells; Drosophila; Eye development; Pax2 homolog; Primary pigment cells; Sparkling

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EYE DEVELOPMENT; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030818383     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.16.2066     Document Type: Article

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