Organising activities of engrailed, hedgehog, wingless and decapentaplegic in the genital discs of Drosophila melanogaster

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 208, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 504-516

  Emerald, Bright Starling ^a,b   Roy, Jagat Kumar ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bilateral symmetry; Drosophila; External genitalia; Genital discs; Organising activity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENITAL SYSTEM; IMAGINAL DISC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENITALIA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ERINACEIDAE; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031763251     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050209     Document Type: Article

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