The Drosophila dead ringer gene is required for early embryonic patterning through regulation of argos and buttonhead expression

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 4341-4349

  Shandala, Tatiana ^a   Kortschak, R Daniel ^a   Gregory, Stephen ^a   Saint, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b WELLCOME CRC INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ARID family; Drosophila melanogaster; Embryogenesis; Gene regulation; Head development; Pattern formation

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUSCLES; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OVARY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032735668     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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