A homeodomain point mutation of the Drosophila proboscipedia protein provokes eye loss independently of homeotic function

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 187-198

  Benassayag, Corinne ^a   Seroude, Laurent ^a,b   Boube, Muriel ^a   Erard, Monique ^a,c   Cribbs, David L ^a  

^a Centre de Biologie du Développement Bâtiment 4R3   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

Author keywords

Context specificity; Development; Homeodomain; Homeotic; Proboscipedia

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EYE INJURY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

DROSOPHILA PROBOSCIPEDIA;

EID: 0030941350     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(97)00040-3     Document Type: Article

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