zfh-1 is required for germ cell migration and gonadal mesoderm development in Drosophila

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 655-666

  Broihier, Heather Tarczy ^a,b   Moore, Lisa A ^a,b   Van Doren, Mark ^a   Newman, Stephanie ^a   Lehmann, Ruth ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cli; dpp; Drosophila; Germ cell; Gonadal mesoderm; Mesoderm; Migration; tin; zfh 1

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; GERM CELLS; GONADS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MESODERM; MUTATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031910221     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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