Regulation and function of tinman during dorsal mesoderm induction and heart specification in Drosophila

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 187-200

  Yin, Zhizhang ^a   Frasch, Manfred ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dpp; Heart; Mesoderm induction; Muscles; Thickveins; Tinman

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH REGULATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOBOX; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC CODE; HEART; MESODERM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STEM CELLS;

ERINACEIDAE; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031805714     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1998)22:3<187::AID-DVG2>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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