Study of the posterior spiracles of Drosophila as a model to understand the genetic and cellular mechanisms controlling morphogenesis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 197-210

  Hu, Nan ^a   Castelli Gair, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abd B; Bottle cells; Convergent extension; Morphogenesis; Tracheal system

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CELL POPULATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENETIC REGULATION; MODEL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA;

DROSOPHILA;

EID: 0033214521     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9391     Document Type: Article

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