The bithorax complex: The first fifty years

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 403-415

  Lewis, Edward B ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cis regulation; Cis trans test; Colinearity; Drosophila; Gene duplication

Indexed keywords

DNA;

CIS TRANS ISOMERISM; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SILKWORM;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 0031800945     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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