Function and regulation of homothorax in the wing imaginal disc of Drosophila

Development

Volumn 127, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2685-2693

  Azpiazu, Natalia ^a   Morata, Ginés ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Decapentaplegic; Drosophila; Homothorax; Vestigial; Wing disc; Wingless

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THORAX;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WING;

EID: 0033946836     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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