The homeobox gene Distal-less induces ventral appendage development in Drosophila

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 2259-2271

  Gorfinkiel, Nicole ^a   Morata, Ginés ^a   Guerrero, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Distal less; Dorsal to ventral limb transformation; Drosophila distal appendages; Vestigial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0030987657     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.17.2259     Document Type: Article

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