Vein expression is induced by the EGF receptor pathway to provide a positive feedback loop in patterning the Drosophila embryonic ventral ectoderm

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 158-162

  Golembo, Myriam ^a   Yarnitzky, Talia ^a   Volk, Talila ^a   Shilo, Ben Zion ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Drosophila; EGF receptor; Embryonic patterning; Spitz; Vein

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; LIGAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL FATE; DROSOPHILA; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 0033556069     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.2.158     Document Type: Article

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