Negative regulation of dorsoventral signaling by the homeotic gene Ultrabithorax during haltere development in Drosophila

Developmental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 491-502

  Shashidhara, L S ^a   Agrawal, Namita ^b   Bajpai, Ruchi ^a   Bharathi, V ^a   Sinha, Pradip ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^b DEVI AHILYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cut; D V organizer; Drosophila; Haltere; Ultrabithorax; Vestigial; Wing; Wingless

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0033566751     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9341     Document Type: Article

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