Ectopic expression of individual E(spl) genes has differential effects on different cell fate decisions and underscores the biphasic requirement for Notch activity in wing margin establishment in Drosophila

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2205-2214

  Ligoxygakis, Petras ^a   Bray, Sarah J ^b   Apidianakis, Yiorgos ^a   Delidakis, Christos ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bristle development; Drosophila; E(spl); Notch signalling; Wing development; Wing veins

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; IMAGINAL DISC; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0033045651     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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