The wingless gene is required for embryonic brain development in Drosophila

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-45

  Richter, Sandra ^a   Hartmann, Beate ^a   Reichert, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Brain development; Drosophila; Wingless; Wnt

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CELL DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NULL CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS;

EID: 0031960773     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050151     Document Type: Article

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