Molecular characterization and embryonic expression of the even-skipped ortholog of Tribolium castaneum

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 165-173

  Brown, Susan J ^a   Parrish, Janet K ^a   Beeman, Richard W ^a   Denell, Robin E ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

even skipped; pair rule; segmentation; Tribolium

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; INSECT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAIR RULED GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRIBOLIUM;

EID: 0031059135     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(96)00642-9     Document Type: Article

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