Homeotic transformation of legs to mouthparts by proboscipedia expression in Drosophila imaginal discs

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-60

  Aplin, Alfred C ^a   Kaufman, Thomas C ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

GAL4; imaginal development; labial palps; patterning; proboscipedia

Indexed keywords

PB PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYO POLARITY; HOMEOBOX; IMAGINAL DISC; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INSTAR; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE INDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EXTREMITIES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOUTH; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031080233     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(96)00649-1     Document Type: Article

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