Drosophila embryonic pattern repair: How embryos respond to bicoid dosage alteration

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1393-1403

  Namba, Ruria ^a   Pazdera, Todd M ^a   Cerrone, Richelle L ^a   Minden, Jonathan S ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicoid; Cell death; Compensation; Drosophila; Pattern repair

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENE DOSAGE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS; GENE DOSAGE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT HORMONES; MESODERM; MITOSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SALIVARY GLANDS; STEM CELLS; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030890691     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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