The vestigial gene of Drosophila melanogaster is involved in the formation of the peripheral nervous system: Genetic interactions with the scute gene

Journal of Neurogenetics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 87-99

  Zider, Alain ^a   Paumard Rigal, Solange ^a   Frouin, Isabelle ^a   Silber, Joel ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Emc; Peripheral nervous system; Scute; Vestigial

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031813017     PISSN: 01677063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01677069809167258     Document Type: Article

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