Drosophila engrailed can substitute for mouse Engrailed1 function in midhindbrain, but not limb development

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 4521-4530

  Hanks, Mark C ^a,d   Loomis, Cynthia A ^a,b   Harris, Esther ^a   Tong, Chung Xiang ^b   Anson Cartwright, Lynn ^c   Auerbach, Anna ^a   Joyner, Alexandra ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d PROCTER AND GAMBLE PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Drosophila; En1; Engrailed; Limb; Mid hindbrain; Mouse; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE FUNCTION; HOMEOBOX; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; EXTREMITIES; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STERNUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MURINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031675550     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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