Proximodistal axis formation in the Drosophila leg: Subdivision into proximal and distal domains by Homothorax and Distal-less

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 109-117

  Wu, Jun ^a   Cohen, Stephen M ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distal less; Drosophila; Homothorax; Leg; Proximodistal axis

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AXIS; CELL FUSION; CELL MUTANT; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; LEG; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 0032955485     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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