The Vestigial gene product provides a molecular context for the interpretation of signals during the development of the wing in Drosophila

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 913-925

  Klein, Thomas ^a   Arias, Alfonso Martinez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary enhancer; Decapentaplegic; Drosophila; Notch; Quadrant enhancer; Vestigial; Wing; Wingless

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WING;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0032996571     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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