The embryonic expression pattern of labial, posterior homeotic complex genes and the teashirt homologue in an apterygote insect

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 77-90

  Peterson, Michael D ^a   Rogers, Bryan T ^a   Popadić, Aleksandar ^a   Kaufman, Thomas C ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

HOM C; Insect evolution; Teashirt; Thermobia domestica; Thysanura

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; INSECT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0033060840     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050230     Document Type: Article

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