Mirror encodes a novel PBX-class homeoprotein that functions in the definition of the dorsal-ventral border in the Drosophila eye

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1073-1082

  McNeill, Helen ^a   Yang, Chung Hui ^a   Brodsky, Michael ^b   Ungos, Josette ^a   Simon, Michael A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

border; compartment; Drosophila; eye development; polarity

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO POLARITY; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; ARA;

EID: 0030970689     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.8.1073     Document Type: Article

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