Targeting gene expression to the head: The Drosophila orthodenticle gene is a direct target of the Bicoid morphogen

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 4185-4193

  Gao, Qian ^a   Finkelstein, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicoid; Drosophila melanogaster; Head development; Orthodenticle; Pattern formation

Indexed keywords

MORPHOGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEAD; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; THORAX;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEAD; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031793177     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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