Regulation of the spalt/spalt-related gene complex and its function during sensory organ development in the Drosophila thorax

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2653-2662

  De Celis, José F ^a   Barrio, Rosa ^b   Kafatos, Fotis C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Gene regulation; Sensory organ development; spalt

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; FORELIMB; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; IMAGINAL DISC; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSE ORGAN; STEM CELL; THORAX; VEIN;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SENSE ORGANS; THORAX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WING;

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0032808940     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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